Tribal Community Preparedness: One Tribe’s Experiences on the Continuous Cycle of Preparedness ~ Lou Schmitz, American Indian Health Commission for Washington State; Kelly Sullivan, Kerstin Powell, and Sam White, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Tribal Youth Radio Training Programs for Preparedness ~ Lee Shipman, Shoalwater Bay Tribe; Dan Martinez, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Preparing for a Public Health Emergency: The Tribal Legal Preparedness Project ~ Tina Hershey, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Disaster Behavioral Health: Post-Disaster Resources for Emotional Support and Recovery ~ Rebecca Bolante, Bolante.NET
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Principles ~ Celia Toles, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community and Healthcare Preparedness Tools ~ Jean Randolph, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
A Look at Access and Functional Needs ~ Jim House, Washington State Independent Living Council
Community Resiliency: Establishing the Tribal Mitigation Framework for Planning and Projects ~ Brett Holt, Jonathan Olds, and Brenna Humphrey, FEMA Region X; Dan Tolliver, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
Safer Communities Through Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams ~ Rebecca Bolante, Bolante.NET
Outbreak Investigations in Indian Country: What an Emergency Manager Needs to Know ~ Fauna Larkin, Coquille Tribe; Richard Leman, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division
Assuring Effective Delivery of Medical Countermeasures to Tribes Through Collaboration ~ Lou Schmitz and Heather Erb, American Indian Health Commission for Washington State
T-Rex 2019: Medical Countermeasures Distribution Full Scale Exercise ~ Cory Portner, Ted Fischer, and Collette Byrd, Washington State Department of Health
Lessons from the Field: 2017-2018 Disaster Response Deployments: Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 ~ Kristen Baird Romero, Washington State Department of Health; Jennifer Cockrill, US Department of Health and Human Services ASPR Region X; Carina Elsenboss, Public Health – Seattle & King County; John Fulton, FEMA Region X; Greg McKnight, Washington State Department of Health
Preserving What Works Well: Tribal-State-NPAIHB-IHS MOUs in Oregon ~ Richard Leman, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division; Victoria Warren-Mears, NPAIHB
The Mutual Aid Agreement for Tribes and Local Health Jurisdictions in Washington State ~ Lou Schmitz and Heather Erb, American Indian Health Commission for Washington State
Climate Change and Public Health – Seattle & King County: Building Community Departmental Capacity ~ Robin Pfohman and Colin Rhodes, Public Health – Seattle & King County
Government to Government: What Works and What Doesn’t ~ Dan Martinez, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
The Washington State Indian Healthcare Improvement Act: Adding Tribal Representation to Washington State’s Emergency Management Council ~ Heather Erb and Lou Schmitz, American Indian Health Commission for Washington State; Lee Shipman, Shoalwater Bay Tribe
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Tools You Can Use ~ Jamie Bash, Oregon Health Authority
Climate and Health: Voices of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs ~ Dan Martinez, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Researchers must be sensitive to the local culture, traditions, research priorities, and lifestyle of AI/AN communities. Furthermore, researchers must be responsible and accountable to the tribal government where the research is being conducted. Tribal communities are sovereign nations. Listed below are suggestions for improving research sensitivity and responsibility to tribal governments and communities:
