Minority Health http://videos.med.wisc.edu Minority Health videos at the Health Sciences Learning Center (c) 2007, UW Board of Regents. All rights reserved. Suicide Risk Assessment - Latina Case http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9566 The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Psychiatry show a socio-cultural approach to suicide risk assessment. This vignette highlights a Latina girl (who is acting this part). Presented by 07/02/2009 Racial Disparity in Preterm Birth http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9241 Presented by J. Iams 05/14/2009 American Indian Health Sciences Day http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=8173 Presented by J. Arbuckle 04/03/2009 Health Research Partnerships with American Indian Communities http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=6668 Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD leads a family-based intervention project - Healthy Children, strong families - to reduce obesity and cardiac risk factors in American Indian children. This participatory research project, a partnership between four Wisconsin Tribes, great Lakes inter-Tribal Council and UW researchers, is a randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a home visiting intervention on reducing metabolic risk and improving lifestyles in the children and their primary caregivers. Presented by A. Adams 01/20/2009 A Successful Community-Academic Partnership to Address Health Disparities: The Healthy Black Family Project http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=3504 Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, introduces the Healthy Black Family Project with an emphasis on how the initiative was conceived and planned for, the partners represented, how this community-academic partnership is being sustained and the health disparities research that is 'nested' within the program structure. The Health Black Family Project uses County Health Department benchmarks to explore relationships between precursors of disease and health outcomes in predominantly African American neighborhoods. A set of community-based health promotion interventions are implemented within a framework designed to track progress and measure health outcomes. Program activities include: cancer prevention and control, family health histories, mental wellness, nutritional information and guidance, physical activity, self-management of chronic diseases, smoking cessation and stress management. Presented by S. Thomas 08/04/2008 How Race and Ethnicity Influence Communication in Medical Encounters http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=3214 Richard Street, PhD, explains the role race and ethnicity play in the relationship between patient and physician. Presented by R. Street 06/12/2008 Environmental Interventions to Reduce Diabetes Risk Among Native North Americans: Approach and Results of the Healthy Stores Projects http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=2650 Presented by J. Gittelsohn 04/17/2008 Addressing Healthcare Issues in the Hmong Community http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=2828 Pang Vang describes the hmong culture, analyzes common health issues in the hmong community, identifies barriers and facilitators to hmong accessing healthcare and illustrates solutions to connect western health science and the hmong's perception of health. Presented by P. Vang 04/10/2008 Participation of Disparate Populations in Clinical Research http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=2747 Presented by O. Webb Brawley 04/09/2008 From Boarding Schools to the Big House: The Institutionalization of Adolescent Female American Indian Youth and Implications for Wellness http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=2740 Presented by L. Arndt 04/04/2008