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Quechua Researcher Presents Culture as Medicine

Cori Kogan
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https://news.wsu.edu/news/2019/03/04/naomi-bender-creating-climate-place-space-success/

Can culture help address health concerns?

Main Street's Ashley Thornberg visits with Naomi Bender, Ph.D, a Quechua woman who directs Native American Health Sciences and the new Center for Native American Health at Washington State University, Spokane. The Minnesota native presents “Culture as Medicine: Reimagining Health Education to Address and Impact Health Inequity in Our Communities” Monday, October 17, at 7pm at Concordia College.