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Promising Practice: The Starting Point: Elders Teach Us How to Communicate about Brain Health

For Washington State University researcher Dr. Amanda Boyd, her life-long goal is to identify health risks, including for dementia, and effectively communicate them to the population. In Boyd’s case, that population started with the Inuit living in the Arctic Circle and is now expanding to Alaska Native and American Indian populations in the US more ...

Promising Practice – What does “a public health approach” mean in Indian country?

By Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting and Jolie Crowder July 18, 2021 Featuring: Dr. Tassy Parker, University of New Mexico, Center for Native American Health Ryan Eagle, North Dakota State University, American Indian Public Health Resource Center Dr. Tassy Parker at Community Workshop “Tribes inherently operate their own public health departments’ because we know, at a deep level, ...

Promising Practice – Dementia Capability in Indian Country—Wisconsin Efforts and a NEW Funding Opportunity

By Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting June 1, 2021 Featuring: Amber Hoon Erin Long, Administration for Community Living (ACL) Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services Amber Hoon, Tribal Dementia Program Director at Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council Part of the reality in Indian Country is that public health approaches to address Alzheimer’s and dementia aren’t always provided by traditional ...

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