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HEC Webinar: Resilience of American Indian and Alaska Native Communities during COVID-19
Monday, December 14, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MDT
Category: CPHA Event

Join this months CPHA Health Equity Coalition Webinar: Resilience of American Indian and Alaska Native Communities during COVID-19
 
Overview:
This talk will cover the complexities and nuances between American Indian and Alaska Native communities and COVID-19. Specifically, Dr. Ivanich will discuss the unique environmental, social, and cultural implications for COVID-19 for Indian country. This discussion will extend beyond the limitations and hardships that AIAN populations have shouldered during the pandemic and highlight the resilience that AIAN communities have emulated as lessons for public health officials.
 
Speaker: 
As a member of the Metlakatla Indian Community (Tsimshian) of Alaska, Dr. Jerreed Ivanich is dedicated to health research for North American Indigenous (Alaska Native, American Indian, First Nations, Native Hawaiian) populations. Dr. Ivanich is an Assistant Professor at the Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for American Indian Health. His work meets at the intersections of prevention science, social network analysis, and adolescent health.
 
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https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/157535721