SPARK
Short Program for American Indian Alaska Native Knowledge
SPARK is a free online course intended to to provide accessible education about American Indian and Alaska Native health to diverse audiences, while fostering understanding and partnerships to address health disparities
SPARK Overview
OVERVIEW
A free, online course lasting 4 weeks that includes curriculum adapted from the Certificate in American Indian and Alaska Native Health
TOPICS
- Foundations in American Indian and Alaska Native Health
- Public Health through an Indigenous Lens
- Ethical Considerations & Positive Collaborations
- Indigenous Methodologies
PARTICIPANTS
- AI/AN community members
- Students (high school and above)
- University faculty, staff, and alumni
- Community members
SCHEDULE
- Offered each Spring, Summer, Fall
- Evenings from 5:30pm – 7pm MT
- Sessions are held once a week for four weeks
FORMAT
- The course is entirely virtual and facilitated through Zoom
- SPARK may offer an optional in-person opportunity each course
INSTRUCTORS
The course is taught by American Indian and Alaska Native leaders in public health and is organized by faculty and staff at the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
SPARK Impact
Through community partnership, SPARK works to bridge academic content with lived experience to ensure Indigenous knowledge is being represented to help transform public health education from Indigenous leadership
SPARK enhances AI/AN health education by integrating community voices into program design and implementation, promoting ethical improvements, and raising awareness of health disparities and public health needs
SPARK aims to raise awareness of opportunities for addressing disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives, with an emphasis on the Certificate in American Indian and Alaska Native Health, a 15-credit, online, graduate-level certificate offered through the Colorado School of Public Health
Want to participate in SPARK?
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