What Will It Take to Bring Our Country Back to Health?
Description
This webinar is in-depth exploration of how COVID-19 continues to affect our communities in several key sectors. An expert panel including WWU alumni and faculty discussed local community pandemic responses, vulnerable demographics, health care system capabilities, and mental health strategies in an attempt to help answer the question: What will it take to bring our country back to health?
The panelists will share how they are addressing the pandemic, particularly in the healthcare field, and how to prepare for coming waves of COVID-19. They will offer strategies for coping with the illness along with scenarios for what may be next. Join Dakotah Lane, MD, Health Director for the Lummi Nation; Frank James (’73), MD, Health Officer for San Juan County and the Nooksack Indian Tribe; Richard Veith (’69), MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington; and, Liz Mogford, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University. The discussion is free of charge and will be moderated by Marie Eaton, PhD, former Dean of Fairhaven College.
Document Type
Streamed Video
Start Date
14-5-2020 12:00 PM
End Date
14-5-2020 1:30 PM
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
45:18
Genre/Form
lectures; streaming video
Contributing Repository
Western Foundation, Western Washington University
Event Website
https://alumni.wwu.edu/event/what-it-will-take-bring-our-country-back-health
Type
video
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Keywords
COVID-19, Epidemics, Infectious disease, Public health, Whatcom County, Mental health
What Will It Take to Bring Our Country Back to Health?
This webinar is in-depth exploration of how COVID-19 continues to affect our communities in several key sectors. An expert panel including WWU alumni and faculty discussed local community pandemic responses, vulnerable demographics, health care system capabilities, and mental health strategies in an attempt to help answer the question: What will it take to bring our country back to health?
The panelists will share how they are addressing the pandemic, particularly in the healthcare field, and how to prepare for coming waves of COVID-19. They will offer strategies for coping with the illness along with scenarios for what may be next. Join Dakotah Lane, MD, Health Director for the Lummi Nation; Frank James (’73), MD, Health Officer for San Juan County and the Nooksack Indian Tribe; Richard Veith (’69), MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington; and, Liz Mogford, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University. The discussion is free of charge and will be moderated by Marie Eaton, PhD, former Dean of Fairhaven College.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/pci/lectures_events/legislation_health_policy/10