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July 7-9, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Denver, Colorado

Registration is now closed. We have had to close registration because we have reached the maximum number of people the conference can accommodate. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ONSITE REGISTRATION!

Interim CDC Guidance for Public Gatherings in Response to Human Infections with Novel Influenza A (H1N1).

To download the Health Summit Agenda Click here.

Overflow hotel block has been established at the Hilton Garden Inn. Click here for full details.


The Health Summit will be a national gathering of Indian Health professionals and administrative leadership, community health advocates and activists, and Tribal leadership. We will join together to build skills and share ideas and innovations for:

>> Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native Communities
>> Enhancing the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of Native people and communities
>> Improving health outcomes, the delivery of services, and the experience of care across ages and health conditions in all settings of the Indian Health System
>> Preventing diabetes and its complications with plenary presentations, panel discussions, and in-depth, interactive workshops


Interactive learning sessions and special events including:

>> Plenary session on the Future of the Indian Health System by Director, Yvette Roubideaux, MD
>> Highlights from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Community-Directed and Demonstration Project Grants (IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention website)
>> Update on the Director's Health Initiatives: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, Behavioral Health, and Chronic Care (Director's Initiatives website)
>> Session tracks on Leadership, Traditional Medicine, Telehealth, Self-Management Support, Delivery System Re-Design and Trauma Care
>> Cultural events
>> Poster presentations
>> Learning Labs – hands-on, interactive half-day sessions
>> Tribal leaders' panels on key health issues
>> Breakout sessions on Injury, Obesity, Tobacco and Cancer Prevention, plus Maintaining a Healthy Heart
>> Clinical information systems
>> Exhibitors/Vendors

Join us for what promises to be the Indian Health conference of the year!


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