Empowering Futures: Culturally Tailored Commercial Tobacco Cessation Programs in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Duration
75 minutes
Speakers

Dana Mowls Carroll, Ph.D., M.P.H.

McKnight Presidential Fellow, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Dr. Dana Mowls Carroll is an epidemiologist and certified tobacco treatment specialist addressing commercial tobacco use disparities, particularly among American Indian and rural populations. She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications that include describing the co-design and evaluation of digital smoking cessation interventions for American Indian persons. Also, she contributes through epidemiology and clinical trials to the evidence base on potential cigarette product standards, such a reducing levels of nicotine which she views as another avenue for reducing commercial tobacco use disparities. In her community-engaged research, she devotes considerable effort to ensuring that the results of her research do not just land in scientific journals, but also shared with research participants and community partners via community facing reports and infographics. In 2023, her contributions to co-creating smoking cessation resources for American Indian persons was highlighted by the White House as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Cancer Moonshot Agenda to end cancer.

Wyatt Pickner

(Hunkpati Dakota), Research Manager, American Indian Cancer Foundation

Wyatt Pickner is an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Hunkpati Dakota) in South Dakota. He received his undergraduate degree in American Indian Studies and Health Sciences from the University of South Dakota and earned an MPH in Community-Oriented Public Health Practice from the University of Washington. He has over decade of experience working with tribes, tribal organizations, and American Indian serving organizations at local, regional and national levels on research projects, capacity building, training and community engagement. Wyatt is currently the Research Manager at the American Indian Cancer Foundation. In this role he works with Indigenous communities through culturally-rigorous methods to design and implement research projects that assess the burden of cancer and potential contributing factors with the aim to identify culturally relevant solutions.

Claradina Soto, PhD, MPH

(Navajo/Jemez Pueblo), Associate Professor, Initiative for California American Indian Health Research and Evaluation, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California

Dr. Claradina Soto (Navajo/Jemez Pueblo) is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and Director of the Initiative for California American Indian Health Research and Evaluation. She has over 20 years of working with the American Indian and Alaska Native populations in public health, collaborating with urban and Tribal communities in CA to reduce and prevent mental health disparities, cancer prevalence, commercial tobacco use, and substance use and opioid use disorders. Dr. Soto is a longtime advocate for the American Indian and Alaska Native communities and other priority populations to advance health equity and reduce health disparities.

Brianna N. Tranby, MA

Assistant Professor, Sr. Research Program Coordinator, Behavioral Health Research Program Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic

Brianna N. Tranby, MA is the Senior Research Program Coordinator in the Behavioral Health Research Program at Mayo Clinic – Rochester.  She received a Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in Educational and Counseling Psychology and has been engaged in research and educational activities for over 15 years.  In her current role, Ms. Tranby is engaged in community-based participatory research with several underserved populations through partnerships with the Rochester Healthy Immigrant Community, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation in Alaska, and The Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University serving rural populations.  Since beginning her career at Mayo Clinic in 2015, she has contributed to clinical research through professional and educational presentations, publications, and advocating for research participants to ensure they are treated respectfully throughout their engagement in clinical research.  She lives in Rochester, Minnesota with her family and enjoys traveling, gardening, and crafting. 

Webinar Objectives
  1. Explain how integrating cultural traditions and values into commercial tobacco programs can enhance effectiveness and acceptance within American Indian communities.
  2. Describe existing commercial tobacco cessation programs that are respectful of and tailored to the unique cultural practices and needs of American Indian populations.
  3. Describe the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) process to co-develop, beta-test, and adapt a culturally tailored smoking cessation intervention prior to a large-scale clinical trial.
  4. Discuss the importance of co-creating culturally tailored health interventions with Alaska Native and American Indian communities.
  5. Explain the Role of Cultural Adaptation in Smoking Cessation Programs for American Indian Youth: Explain how integrating traditional values, practices, and community involvement into smoking cessation efforts can improve outcomes among American Indian youth.
  6. Identify Key Strategies for Implementing Culturally Tailored Interventions While Understanding the Difference Between Commercial and Traditional Tobacco Use Among American Indian Populations: Distinguish between commercial tobacco and traditional tobacco use, and apply this knowledge to develop and implement culturally relevant smoking cessation programs that resonate with the values and practices of American Indian youth.
Instructions for CME/CE Credit

75 minutes of FREE credit can be earned, for participants who join the LIVE session, on November 21, 2024. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.

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Disclosures

This UCSF CME activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

All speakers, planning committee members and reviewers have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Catherine Bonniot, Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH, Christine Cheng, Brian Clark, Jennifer Matekuare, Ma Krisanta Pamatmat, MPH, CHES, Wyatt Pickner, Jessica Safier, MA, Jason Satterfield, PhD, Claradina Soto, PhD, MPH, Brianna Tranby, MA, and Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS.

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