DIVERSITY GOALS FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES

Course overview

AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES FORM A HETEROGENEOUS POPULATION WITH WIDELY DIVERSE CULTURES, LANGUAGES, HISTORY, ART FORMS, RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, AND TRADITIONAL PRACTICES. ALTHOUGH GREAT RESILIENCE EXISTS AMONG THIS POPULATION, THE LEGACY OF COLONIALISM, A HISTORY OF GENOCIDAL PRACTICES, AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA HAVE LED TO EXTREME HEALTH DISPARITIES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES THROUGH A STRUCTURALLY COMPETENT LENS AND HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION AT THE INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, AND STRUCTURAL LEVELS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE EQUITY.