Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth: Workshop Summary (2016)
Chapter: Front Matter
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY FOR
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH
Workshop Summary
Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs
Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
and the Elimination of Health Disparities
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Health and Medicine Division
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, DC
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH1
ANTONIA M. VILLARRUEL (Chair), University of Michigan2
FRANCISCO GARCIA, Pima County Department of Health
JEFFREY A. HENDERSON, Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
JENNIE R. JOE, University of Arizona
NEWELL McELWEE, Merck & Co., Inc.
PHYLLIS W. MEADOWS, The Kresge Foundation
GABE SANCHEZ, Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico
MELISSA SIMON, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
TERRI D. WRIGHT, American Public Health Association
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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
2 Now at the University of Pennsylvania.
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ROUNDTABLE ON THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH EQUITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES1
MILDRED THOMPSON (Co-Chair), PolicyLink
ANTONIA M. VILLARRUEL (Co-Chair), University of Michigan2
PATRICIA BAKER, Connecticut Health Foundation
GILLIAN BARCLAY, Aetna Foundation
ANNE C. BEAL, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
NED CALONGE, The Colorado Trust
IRENE DANKWA-MULLAN, National Institutes of Health
JAMILA DAVISON, ACM Medical Transition Care
FRANCISCO GARCIA, Pima County Department of Health
ALLAN GOLDBERG, Merck & Co., Inc.
J. NADINE GRACIA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
JEFFREY A. HENDERSON, Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
EVE J. HIGGINBOTHAM, University of Pennsylvania
CARA V. JAMES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
OCTAVIO MARTINEZ, University of Texas at Austin
NEWELL McELWEE, Merck & Co., Inc.
PHYLLIS W. MEADOWS, The Kresge Foundation
AMELIE G. RAMIREZ, University of Texas Health Science Center
MELISSA SIMON, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
CHRISTINE TORBERT, Health Resources and Services Administration
PATTIE TUCKER, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ROHIT VARMA, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
WINSTON F. WONG, Kaiser Permanente
TERRI D. WRIGHT, American Public Health Association
HMD Staff
KAREN M. ANDERSON, Senior Program Officer
COLIN F. FINK, Senior Program Assistant
ANNA W. MARTIN, Senior Program Assistant
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Senior Board Director
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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
2 Now at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
Rebecca Brune, Methodist Health Ministries
Denicia Sam Cadena, Young Women United
Kendall M. Campbell, Florida State University
Olivia Roanhorse, Notah Begay Foundation
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by Carmen Green, University of Michigan. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.
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By Age 7: Developing Our Next Seven Generations
5 ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH EDUCATION
Valuing Traditions and New Pathways
Hope, Enrichment, and Learning
The Combined B.A./M.D. Degree Program
Sheep, Ceremony, and Textbooks: A Native Undergraduate’s Testimony
American Indians and the Health Professions: A Growing Crisis
