NYAPRS Note: Did you miss it? See the link below to access a recording of the STAR Center webinar that can help assist practitioners, families, and community members in understanding Native approaches to healing and wellness. Embracing indigenous approaches is a way to improve cultural competence, recognize health disparities, and tackle bias that exists in health care and community settings.
In Case You Missed It…
Title: Native American Health and Healing Approaches
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Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Presenters: Shirley Montoya, Project Manager and Anthony Lee, Traditional and Culture Instructor, Healing Circles Wellness Center in Shiprock, New Mexico; Rudy Soto, Policy Analyst, National Council of Urban Indian Health.
Description:
Understanding and embracing indigenous healing approaches is an important way to move forward in addressing healthcare inequalities, especially in Native communities. In this STAR Center webinar, our presenters shared examples of self-care and healing approaches that are used in urban, rural and frontier communities, described the history, foundations, values and standards inherent in these approaches as well as offered recommendations for how these approaches may be better engaged by Native people in states, territories and tribal governments across the country.
We hope you are engaged, educated and empowered by this provocative and inspiring webinar presentation on approaches to eliminating the health and mental health disparities in our communities.
Download Shirley Montoya and Anthony Lee Presentation
Download Rudy Soto Presentation
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The STAR Center is funded by a grant from the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.