Webinar Invitation: Health Education & Communication in Indian Country
A Climate and Health Learning Community Event
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern

*Please register using the link below*
Date and Time
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 from 1:00 -- 2:00 PM Eastern

Description
Please join National Indian Health Board (NIHB) for a climate learning community webinar: "Health Education and Communication in Indian Country". This webinar will discuss best practices in conducting health education and communication activities in a Tribal setting; tools and resources that Tribal health professionals have used successfully; and how COVID-19 and other barriers can be overcome to ensure Tribal public health professionals can connect and engage with community members successfully.

This webinar will be presented by Hannabah Blue with the JSI Research and Training Institute. Please come prepared to ask questions or share your own insights and experiences! This webinar is hosted as part of the Climate and Health Learning Community and is open to the public . The learning community is focused on knowledge exchange and members are encouraged to share information and build relationships with each other and the presenters.

Attendees will be asked to complete a short evaluation following the conclusion of the webinar.

Click here to join the learning community and receive information about future events. The learning community is part of the Climate Ready Tribes initiative, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each person who attends at least two learning community webinars can earn a professional development certificate.

Audience
This webinar is open to any interested person, but is likely most relevant to people who want to learn more about how to conduct effective education and communication activities to increase Indian Country's engagement with public health programs and understanding of the importance of public health. This may include:
  • Tribal employees working in community outreach positions;
  • Public Health professionals interested in learning more about effective communication practices; or
  • Tribal staff wanting to learn more about successful methods to conduct effective health education activities during a pandemic.

Learning Objectives
  • Learn about best practices in conducting health education and communication in Indian Country.
  • Become familiar with tools and resources that Tribal health professionals have used successfully.
  • Discover how COVID-19 and other barriers can be overcome to ensure Tribal public health professionals can connect and engage with community members successfully.
About the Presenter
Hannabah Blue,
JSI Research and Training Institute

Hannabah Blue is Diné (Navajo), originally from Kirtland, New Mexico. Hannabah has a wide breadth of experience working on health and racial justice issues, particularly those affecting Native and Indigenous communities, LGBTQ+/Two Spirit populations, and youth. As a Consultant at JSI with 10 years of experience, she has had a career focused on addressing health issues by combining research with health communications. She has worked on projects focusing on conducting formative research in support of social marketing campaign development as well as providing technical assistance to national, regional, statewide, tribal and local organizations and entities. Hannabah conducted formative research for health messaging on breast and cervical cancer for the North Dakota Women’s Way program. She also conducted formative research and supported the development of a campaign on youth sex trafficking in Wisconsin. As a Technical Assistance Coordinator for the Healthy Start National Technical Assistance Center, Hannabah worked with the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board in South Dakota to create informational videos and companion materials on preventing substance-exposed pregnancies.  She serves as the Project Director for the Spirit Within Project, partnering with the Denver Indian and Health Services clinic, and for a project for the National Indian Health Board to develop two HIV-related toolkits for Tribal Health Programs, including one on Social Media campaigns. Previously, she served as the Public Health Services Project Manager at the American Indian Public Health Resource Center at North Dakota State University. Hannabah received a Master of Science in Public Health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and Gender and Sexuality Studies from New York University.
More information on the Climate Ready Tribes project can be found on the NIHB website climate pages. If you would like your Tribe's climate work to be highlighted in a webinar or you want to share your expertise, please email bweber@nihb.org !
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