Hosted by Dr. David Derose

Title: “Improving Health Service Delivery in Indian Country”

Guests: Kurt Brenkus, CEO, Indigenous Pact; Kayci Dennis (Absentee Shawnee), Tribal Health Alliance; Ileen Sylvester, VP, Nuka System of Care, Southcentral Foundation

Description: Today’s guests provide innovative strategies to help enhance the delivery of health services in Indian Country. You’ll gain insights into how to more effectively harness traditional Native wisdom—as well as new sources of funding to help accomplish your goals.

For Further Information: [email protected] or www.indigenouspact.com; www.tribalhealthalliance.com; [email protected] or 907-729-4955

Title: “Help With Our Most Pressing Needs”

Guests: Gabbi Diekmann, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program; Shiela Williams, MA, LPC, Native Connections Project Coordinator

Description: Are you looking for help with a complex issue in your community? The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program may offer you just the help you need. Are you looking for new strategies to help youth and young adults avoid suicide and substance abuse? You’ll be inspired by the Kickapoo tribe.

For further information: clinicalscholarsnli.org, www.RWJF.org; [email protected] (405-964-2618 x 328)

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Title: “Purpose Beyond Profit”

Guest: Paul Ratoff, Certified Management Consultant, President of Strategy Development Group Inc., Author of “Thriving in a Stakeholder World: Purpose as the New Competitive Advantage

Description: Certified Management Consultant Paul Ratoff explains how the business you run or work for can reach new levels of excellence by clearly defining and achieving its underlying purpose.

For further information contact: www.ratoffconsulting.com

Title: "Enriching Young Minds"

Guests: Terry Benedict, Film Maker, Founder and CEO, Shae Foundation; Jerrilyn Fabien, Director of Student Life Development, Miracle Meadows School; Norma Nashed, President and Founder, Restore A Child; Matt Dooley, Education Director, Eden Valley Institute of Wellness

Description: Current Western society does not provide an ideal environment in which every Native young person can thrive. Learn about innovative programs that can untap the potential of struggling youth from a variety of races.

Refer listeners to: shaefoundation.org (Benedict); www.miraclemeadows.org; 304-782-3630 (Fabien); www.Restroreachild.org (Nashed); 970-215-0223 www.eden-valley.org (Dooley)

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Title: “Resilience”

Guest: Joni Bokovoy, DrPH (Cherokee), Preventive Care Specialist, Health Care Innovation and Research

Description: We all face stresses and challenges in life, but can we bounce back and thrive? Dr. Joni Bokovoy shares insights into how you can boost your resilience, thus helping you deal better with physical, emotional, and mental health stresses.

For further information: www.AmericanIndianLiving.org

Title: “Expanding Behavioral Health Services in Indian Country”

Guests: Naveen Kathuria, SVP Partnerships and Compliance for “Regroup”; Jim Landelius, Oklahoma Conference Native Ministries Associate

Description: Naveen Kathuria shares exciting developments in Telehealth that are making mental health services available and culturally appropriate even in remote locations. Jim Landelius rounds out the show with insights into perhaps the most atypical National Tribal Health Conference sponsor.

For more information: 617-953-8452 (cell) or [email protected] (Kathuria); www.oknativeministries.org (Landelius)

Title: “Life Changing Resources: The New and the Old”

Guests: Charles Howsare, MD, MPH; Garrica Bateman, RN; Esther Farley, RN

Description: Tribes, individuals, and other entities throughout Indian Country are making a difference by using both traditional Native wisdom and cutting-edge medical technologies. In today’s show, we learn from a Pennsylvania company offering state-of-the-art oral diagnostics for HIV, an Oklahoma tribal diabetes program, and an oncology nurse.

For More Information: www.orasure.com or [email protected]; www.creekhealth.org; [email protected]

Title: “Preventing Infectious Diseases”

Guest: Joni Bokovoy, DrPH (Cherokee)

Description: Infection remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, but often is not on the radar screen of many individuals throughout Indian Country, and the U.S. as a whole. Dr. Joni Bokovoy shares practical insights that can help you, your family, and your tribe avoid infectious illnesses.

For more information: www.sepsisalliance.org