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A Rainbow of Life: Understanding LGBTQ Identities

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First of three webinars to assist those working with LGBTQ communities.

Title: A Rainbow of Life: Understanding LGBTQ Identities
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

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Webinar Series - Working With LGBTQ Communities.pdf (6.67 mb)

Please see the Navajo Area Indian Health Service publication on their IHS Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative and Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative programs: MSPI 2012_1.pdf (1.03 mb)

The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has released a
report on Data Sharing with Tribal Epidemiology Centers. The full report can
be found at:

http://www.cste.org/webpdfs/LegalIssuesConcerningIdentifiableHealthDataShari
ngBetweenStateLocalPublicHealthAuthoritiesandTribalEpidemiologyCentersinSele
ctedUSJurisdictionsFINAL.pdf

Identifiable health data are the lifeblood of public health surveillance and
other activities. Their use is essential to effective public health
activities and public health research. Public health authorities at all
levels of government seek increasingly greater types and volume of
personally identifiable health information, including through data exchanges
between public health entities. Too often, however, acquisition and use of
identifiable health information through existing public health databases are
restricted or limited by privacy norms or other policies. Public health
authorities might be reticent to share identifiable health data, even for
legitimate public health purposes, because of concerns about individual
privacy or legal interpretations of privacy laws. As a result, public health
entities can lack access to health data to conduct essential services and
research.

Learn more about how the 2012 Legislative Summit is building momentum for improving Native education in this month's NIEA Advocacy Wire.

MCHC/RISE-UP is a new summer program for junior, senior or recently graduated baccalaureate degree university students from underrepresented populations seeking a career in the health field. As part of the program, 10 Native Americans/Alaska Natives will have the opportunity to participate in a 10-week full time summer curriculum for one or more of three externships: Clinical, Leadership, or Research. The program provides free housing, a $3,500 stipend for the summer, a visit to Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and a trip to Atlanta to the CDC, as well as the externship experience.

If you know of any students who might be interested in the program, please encourage them to visit Kennedy Krieger Institution’s website:

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/professional-training/professional-training-programs/rise-programs/mchc-rise-up

If students choose to apply, they will submit their application to Jenese McFadden (as specified on website). Disregard the submission deadline on the website. Upon submission, applicants will receive an automated response that will tell them that the program deadline has not been extended, but this DOES NOT APPLY to Native American/Alaska Native applicants. Special permission has been granted to extend the deadline to FEBRUARY 29, 2012 for Native American and Alaska Native applicants at the South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine location due to their low representation in the applicant pool.

How to Apply

RISE-UP-FactSheet_FINAL[1].pdf (263.33 kb)

Welcome to the first issue of the Journal of Indigenous Social Development (JISD) currently available at:  http://www.hawaii.edu/sswork/jisd/currentissue.html         

All previous of articles under the former journal name: Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work (JIVSW) are available in the JISD archives.         

Please consider submitting your manusc-ript (submission requirements: http://www.hawaii.edu/sswork/jisd/submit.html). JISD is a peer-reviewed journal.

Please Read articles on Prescripti​on Drug Abuse and Violence Against Women:

Proposed Law Allows Tribal Courts to Prosecute Non-Indians, Seeks End to Assault 'Epidemic': VIOLENCE AGST WOMEN USMED 1-12.pdf (618.47 kb)

IHS Grapples with Pervasive Prescription Opioid Misuse in Tribal Areas: PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE 8FEB12.pdf (644.50 kb)

Search NACE Resource Library for more...

On February 23, 2012, The Indian Health Service(IHS) Headquarters, Division of Behavioral Health, will host a Brown Bag Session titled, “I Hurt, So I Cut: Understanding Self Injurious Behaviors among American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents.”  The webinar will take place from 3:00-4:30 pm EST.  The purpose of the Brown Bag Series is to provide you with an informal meeting space for discussion and interaction of a variety of topics relating to preventing and treating methamphetamine and suicide in Indian Country.  Please find the attached flyer containing registration and call in information.  Once you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions for joining.  The first 5-10 minutes of the session will be reserved for updates from HQ regarding the MSPI, with the remaining time reserved for the presentation and Q/A.

Specific Information is below: 

Date: February 23, 2012

Time:

• Eastern Time: 3:00-4:30pm

• Central Time: 2:00-3:30pm

• Mountain Time: 1:00-2:30pm

• Pacific Time: 12:00-1:30pm

• Alaska Time: 11:00-12:30pm

To register for the meeting: https://ihs-hhs.webex.com/ihs-hhs/k2/j.php?ED=166160152&UID=0&HMAC=08c1f98980cd4233058ea8611f7ba903091e9932&RT=MiM1

Once you are approved by the host, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session.

Audio Conference Information: 1-877-668-4490, Access code: 710 847 016

MSPI Brown Bag Flyer-Self Injury.pdf (79.09 kb)

QPR Mini-Grants for Community Capacity Building
Deadline:  open
Amount: Grantees may receive up to 200 QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention e-learning licenses during the grant year; grantees are provided with 100 licenses upon program launch plus an additional 100 licenses once the first 100 have been used and evaluated.
Eligible Applicants: For counties, tribes, parishes, community non-profit or governmental organizations dedicated to preventing suicide at the local level
Agency/Department: The QPR Institute

Summary: To date, more than one million Americans have been trained in the QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention program. QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is an evidence-based, SPRC/AFSP registered best practice program taught in classrooms by more than 5,000 certified instructors throughout the US and abroad. Advanced training for key gatekeepers (police, corrections, EMS, nurses, mental health, and healthcare providers) can be added to enhance community competence at all points of contact with persons at elevated risk of suicidal behaviors.

For detailed information go to:   http://www.qprinstitute.com/grants.html

AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange Focuses on Culturally Tailored Programs

The January 18 issue of AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange profiles of three programs that deliver culturally tailored services to promote behavior change and improve health status among targeted populations. One program is the Fond du Lac Smoking Cessation Program in Minnesota. The program offers flexible, culturally tailored support to members of the Reservation of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who want to quit smoking. Specially trained counselors meet with members one on one or in groups. The curriculum incorporates cultural and historic characteristics from the tribe, distinguishing between abusing commercial tobacco and using it appropriately in ceremonies and offerings of prayer. The program has significantly reduced tobacco use and generated high levels of engagement and satisfaction among participants. Select to read more about culturally tailored innovations on the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site.

http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3299&tab=1