NIH VideoCast - Native American Heritage Month Lecture - Protecting the Health of Future Generations Through Community-Based Research and Actions: Working in Partnership with the Tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska

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Native American Heritage Month Lecture - Protecting the Health of Future Generations Through Community-Based Research and Actions: Working in Partnership with the Tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska

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Air date:	Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 194 (85 Live, 109 On-demand)
Category:	Native American
Runtime:	01:32:45
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Description:	Native American Heritage Month Guest Lecture: Environmental Health Research in Alaska In November, NIH celebrates National Native American Heritage Month, a special opportunity to highlight American Indian and Alaska Native culture, ingenuity, and contributions to biomedical research. Join the NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for the annual Native American Heritage Month guest lecture. Learn about NIEHS-funded environmental health research in Alaska with co-presenters Viola “Vi” Waghiyi and Pamela Miller, of the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, as they present “Protecting the Health of Future Generations Through Community-Based Research and Actions: Working in Partnership with the Tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska.” They will share stories about the region and how this collaborative research began and discuss their decades of experience conducting community-based participatory research with local Tribes, including how their work has been informed by traditional and community knowledge, a summary of findings, and policy actions and interventions to protect health.

NLM Title:	Protecting the health of future generations through community-based research and actions : working in partnership with the tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska / Dr. Pamela Miller, Vi Waghiyi.
Author:	Miller, Pamela. Waghiyi, Vi.
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Abstract:	(CIT): Native American Heritage Month Guest Lecture: Environmental Health Research in Alaska In November, NIH celebrates National Native American Heritage Month, a special opportunity to highlight American Indian and Alaska Native culture, ingenuity, and contributions to biomedical research. Join the NIH Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for the annual Native American Heritage Month guest lecture. Learn about NIEHS-funded environmental health research in Alaska with co-presenters Viola "Vi" Waghiyi and Pamela Miller, of the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, as they present "Protecting the Health of Future Generations Through Community-Based Research and Actions: Working in Partnership with the Tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska." They will share stories about the region and how this collaborative research began and discuss their decades of experience conducting community-based participatory research with local Tribes, including how their work has been informed by traditional and community knowledge, a summary of findings, and policy actions and interventions to protect health.
Subjects:	Alaska American Indian or Alaska Native Community-Based Participatory Research Environmental Pollutants--adverse effects Environmental Pollution--adverse effects
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WA 670
NLM ID:	9918573263906676
CIT Live ID:	46388
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46388

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