Buy your book now! To order your book visit the APHA homepage at www.apha.org. Search the title of the book Strategies for Cultural Competency in Indian Health Care. The Creating Space DVD is included with purchase.

Creating Space made its premiere at the conference. This 30 minute documentary allows audiences to visualize the programs, places and people in the six model programs that are featured at the conference.
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The TOPICS Project

The Training Our Providers in Cultural Sensitivity (TOPICS) Project documents how six American Indian and Alaska Native programs provide training in culture and history to their health care providers.

Interviews

Tribes Sharing with Tribes

Advisory Committee

Representatives from the six programs discussed what "Creating Space for Culture and History" means in the context of Indian health care.

"Creating Space for Culture and History" means:

including Tribal culture and history in the clinics and hospitals you build: in the architectural design, the landscapes, and the display of items that are meaningful to your tribes.
making space in busy schedules to engage in community activities and to learn about your tribe's history and culture.
making space on organizational charts for the cultural coordinator or history instructor.
creating space on agendas to make cultural competency a priority in Indian health care.

TOPICS has produced:

Creating Space for Culture and History in Indian Health Care, a sharing and networking conference July 26, 2006.
Strategies for Cultural Competency in Indian Health Care, a book by Mim Dixon and Pamela E. Iron, published by the American Public Health Association, 2006.
Creating Space, a 30-minute documentary by Nathan H. Young IV about the health care programs, places and people in during the TOPICS Project.
This Web site, with a sample of the many interviews.

TOPICS logo The TOPICS project is funded by The California Endowment and sponsored by the National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center (NIWHRC).

About the sponsors and the Advisory Committee.

NIWHRC
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