American Indian and Alaska Native Partnership

2015 Workshop

​​The Improving Worker Safety and Health Among American Indians/Alaska Natives: Partnership Workshop was held August 17-18, 2015 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The event brought together members from many tribes across the U.S., as well as representatives from NIOSH and academia to discuss how to improve worker health and safety in tribal communities.

• Partnership Agenda​
• Partnership Workshop Summary
• Partnership Workshop Challenges, Solutions, and Resources​

Presentations

August 17, 2015

• Welcome and Introduction
• The State of Public Health in Indian Country
• Health Disparities and Health Equity in the U.S. Workforce
• American Indian Alaska Native Worker Safety and Health
• Model Farmers- A Culturally Relevant and Scientifically Sound Injury Prevention Program
• Dangerous Decibels
• NIOSH Surveillance Program and Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) 
• Addressing Young Worker Safety and Health
• Navajo OSHA
• Resources to Support OSH and Total Worker Health Capacity Building

August 18, 2015

• Introdu​cing the Shoshone-Bannock Worker Protection Ordinance
• CALRICARAQ- A Culture Based System of Care
• Occupational Lung and Cardiovascular Disease Risks in Navajo Coal Miners