Open Door Forum on Health Initiatives
January 24, 2008 Open Door Forum
6th
Open Door Forum Transcript WORD - 208KB
On January 24, 2008, please join the Indian Health Service (IHS) for our Sixth
quarterly teleconference/WebEx Open Door Forum. This Forum will focus on the
Behavioral Health Initiative and methamphetamine reduction. Acting IHS Director,
Robert McSwain will provide an update on the Behavioral Health Initiative. Three
programs will share their methamphetamine programs including the Special Clinic
for Women at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, the Matrix Model Treatment at
the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council.
Dr. Susan Dreisbach, University of Colorado, will present “Meth and Rural
Communities and Heather Dawn Thompson will discuss the National Congress of American
Indians “Meth Tool kit.”
PowerPoint presentations will be available on the Director’s Health
Initiatives website approximately two weeks prior to the teleconference – please
download the presentations so you can follow along during the teleconference.
There will be time for dialogue at the end of the presentations. A survey monkey
will also be available for feedback after the Forum. Following the call, a transcript
will be available at the Directors’ Initiatives website for those who miss
this event.
After the call, the transcripts and web-ex recordings of previous Open Door
Forums will be available under “What’s New” of the Director’s
Initiatives website. CEUs are a new feature of our fifth Open Door Forum and
will be available for physicians and nurses. We will add other disciplines if
interest supports this option for future forums. CEUs can be obtained by following
the link located on the Survey Monkey
To print copies of the January 24, 2008 Open Door Forum documents (presentations
and agenda), click on these files below:
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