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Workshop D

Community Partners & Continuum of Care

D3 - Centering Native Voices to Address the Opioid Epidemic in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PST
Location: Willshire Ballroom
CE: 1.5
Presentation Summary: The overdose crisis has impacted every community. However, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people suffer the highest rates of overdose death in the United States. This panel will focus on efforts to provide culturally centered strategies to decrease mortality and increase health and healing among AI/AN people. Panelists will highlight programs to implement culturally-centered, evidence-based practices in Native communities. Attendees will explore strategies to implement change through collaboration and centering Native voices.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will:
  • Define the four modalities of Indigenous Culture as Health.
  • Specify 3 culturally-centered practices that can be applied to treatment for opioid use disorder.
  • Identify one strategy to integrate a culturally-centered approach in their program.