Course
Director: Theresa Maresca, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Family Medicine; Director, NACOE
Class
Time: Tues.,
5:30pm-7:30pm
Class
Location: Health Science Center, Rm. K-069
Contact
information:
Office - 206-616-3043 (NACOE)
Email:
tmaresca@u.washington.edu
Appointment
with instructor:
Every Tues. by appointment from 12:00pm-3:00pm
Introduction to course:
UCONJ
530 is designed to expand your understanding and knowledge of
historical and
contemporary issues in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)
health. This
course will help students interested in American Indian/Alaska Native
health
further explore the factors that impact healthcare to this population.
Topics
will include traditional Indian medicine, paleopathology and current
disease
epidemiology, development of Federal Indian Health policy and current
systems
of care, consequences of major legislation on Indian health, and
current
clinical and research challenges. A service-learning component in the
local AI
community is required.
Credit: 2.0
Specific Course Objectives:
Upon the
completion of
UCONJ 530, students should be able to:
- Gain
insight into his/her own worldview and relate this to
AI/AN culture and health perspectives;
- Name
key historical federal policies involving American Indian/Alaska Native
health,
and understand the impact on current policy and programs at the
federal,
tribal, and urban levels;
- Explain
the rationale for unique Federal legislation for AI/AN health, versus
other
minority groups;
- Contrast
core components of the Indian Health Service, tribal, and urban health
programs, including their challenges and how they currently interact;
- Appreciate
the role and challenges of community-based participatory research in
AI/AN
communities;
- Discuss
at least 4 major diseases causing morbidity and mortality among AI/AN
people in
the past and present, and compare these health disparities to other
underserved
populations;
- Discuss
potential solutions to current major Indian health challenges,
outlining
potential future directions;
- Compare
similarities and differences between traditional Indian medicine (TIM)
concepts
and Western medicine, and appreciate the role of TIM
in the care of patients today;
- Experience
components of contemporary AI/AN culture
within a large urban community setting.
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