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FELICIA HODGE, Dr.P.H.

Professor, Primary Care Nursing
Professor, Public Health

eMail: fhodge@sonnet.ucla.edu
Office: 3101 Campbell Hall/ 5-940 Factor Building
Phone: 310-267-2255

Chair, IDP - American Indian Studies

Director, Center for American Indian/Indigenous Research and Education (CAIIRE)

Honors and Awards

2005-2009 National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, NIH

2003 Certificate of Merit, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian APHA Caucus, recognized for founding member of the National Native Researchers Network, San Francisco APHA conference.

2002 Presented with an honorary flute by the National Native Tobacco Advisory Board in Salt Lake City, UT.

2001 Certificate of Merit, Spirit of Eagles, Network for Cancer Control Research Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations (Mayo Clinic), Scottsdale, AZ.

2000 Certificate of Merit, The Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, Washington, DC.

1999-2002 Inter personnel Agreement, NIH/NCI, Office of Special Populations Research, Bethesda, MD.

1998 Special Recognition Award, Hands Across America, Pastoral Dialogue/Awards Brunch, National Cancer Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Southern California Indian Center, Advocates for American Indian Children and the Native American United Methodist Church, Sponsored by the Los Angeles Center for Self-Reliance, a Project under the auspices of Hands for American, Inc., New York City.

1998 Everyday Hero Award, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Washington DC.

1998 Presentation of the US Surgeon General's Report to President Clinton (with CDC and SG Satcher).

1998 Certification of Appreciation, American Indian Tobacco Education Network (AITEN), and the California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. California.

1997-2001 National Cancer Institute, Director's Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG) Member.

1997 Symposium Vice-Chair, 6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, The Medically Underserved & Cancer

1996-97 Washington, D.C.

1996-present Peer Reviewer, National Cancer Institute.

1996 Outstanding Contribution Award, The American Indian Tobacco Education Network, California.

1995 Special Recognition Award, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Caucus, American Public Health Association.

1977-93 Provided expert Congressional testimony on AIAN health and educational needs.

Teaching

Cultural diversity, health education, research methods, American Indian health and healthcare.

Clinical Practice

American Indian health and health care, community/public health prevention/intervention strategies, cultural competencies, health disparities.

Research and Scholarship

Dr. Hodge's research focuses on chronic health conditions and health beliefs and behaviors among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Current projects examine diabetes fatalism among the Plains tribes, smoking cessation, prevention and control, wellness beliefs and behaviors among California Indians. She is the Director of the Center for American Indian Research and Education (CAIRE).

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS

2005 Principal Investigator: R01, Reducing Symptom Barriers Among American Indians. National Cancer Institute (2005-2010).

2005 Principal Investigator: Documentation and Translation of the Science of the Diabetes Wellness: American Indian talking Circles Approach for Diabetes Prevention and Care in American Indian Communities. Centers for Disease Control.

2005 Principal Investigator: UCLA Research Award (funding for various pilot projects on body image, environmental disabilities, etc.)

2005 Co-Principal Investigator: Southwest American Indian Community Network Grant (SAICN) 1 U01 CA114696-01) Coe, K. (PI).National Cancer Institute. (2005-2010).

2004-2005 Collaborating Investigator: Cancer and Employment among the Fond du Lac Indians of Minnesota. (subcontract) University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ. (1-5%FTE)

COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPPORT

2003-2008 Principal Investigator: Native Nursing Careers Opportunity Program (NNCOP) Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Indian Health Service (student recruitment/retention program – funded at UMN, PI relocated to UCLA).

2001-2002 Principal Investigator: Tobacco Policies Among Plains tribes. University of Minnesota Cancer Center (NCI supported).

1999-2001 Principal Investigator: Diabetes Wellness: American Indian Talking Circles Minority Supplement, R01 NR04722-S1. National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

1998-2003 Principal Investigator: Diabetes Wellness: American Indian Talking Circles, R01 NR04722. National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

1997-2003 Principal Investigator: Wellness Circles: An American Indian Approach, R01 NR04528. National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

1994-1998 Principal Investigator: Nutritional Circles to Reduce Cancer Risks, R01 CA National Cancer Institute (NCI).

1994-1997 Principal Investigator: Pathways to Health (R25), National Cancer Institute (NCI).

1993-1998 Principal Investigator: American Indian Women's Talking Circle, R01 CA National Cancer Institute (NCI).

1990-1996 Principal Investigator: American Indian Cancer Control Project (smoking intervention testing), U01 CA National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Professional Service

Founding Board Member, Native American Community Clinic, Minneapolis, MN 2001-05.

Board Member, SACNAS, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, 2000-02

Member, Native Researchers Network, 2000 - present.

Member, ICC, Intercultural Cancer Council, 1999-2003.

Member, California Breast Cancer Research Council, UCOP, August 1999-2000.

Member, NCI/CDC Committee on Race Initiatives. July 1998.

Member, Director's Consumer Liaison Group, a Federally chartered NCI committee 1997-02.

Advisory Board, The California Wellness Foundation, Woodland Hills, CA, 1997-98.

Consensus Development Panel, Department of the Army (DOD), Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, 1997.

Advisory Committee Member, American Indian Tobacco Education Network, CA, 1995-99.

Member, Network for Cancer Control Research among American Indian/Alaska Native Populations, 1994-present.

Steering Committee Member, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEN), 1994-95.

Multicultural Advisory Board Member, Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA 1994-1997.

Trustee, Administrative Board, California Teen Nutrition Program (CANFit), Berkeley, CA, 1993-99.

Member, State of California Breast and Cervical Cancer Advisory Board, 1992-94.

Committee Member, California American Cancer Society, Oakland Chapter, 1991-94.

Vice-Chair, American Indian Child Resource Center, Board of Directors, Oakland, CA 90-92; Chair, 94-98.

Publications

Hodge, F., Struthers, R., & Geishirt-Cantrell, B. (2005). Persistent smoking among Northern Plains Indians: Lenient attitudes, low harm value and partiality towards cigarette smoking. Journal of Cultural Diversity.

Packer, M.M., Kaur, J.S., Hodge, F.S., Nan, B., Trapp, M.A., Roubidoux, M.A. (2005). Knowledge, practices, and attitudes about cigarette smoking among Native American health professionals and medical students. Journal of Cancer Education.

Geishirt-Cantrell, B., Hodge, F. Struthers, R., & DeCora, L. (2005) Cigarette smoking and diabetes among Plains Indians. Journal of Cancer Education.

Struthers, R., & Hodge, F. (2004). Sacred tobacco use in Ojibwe communities. Jrnl of Holistic Nursing, 22(3),209-225.

Struthers, R., Savik, K., & Hodge, F.S. (2004). American Indian women and cardiovascular disease: Response behaviors to chest pain. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(3), 158-163.

Hodge, F.S., Geishirt Cantrell, B.A., Struthers, R., & Casken, J. (2004) American Indian internet cigarette sales: Another avenue for selling tobacco products. American Journal of Public Health, 94(2), 260-261.

Struthers, R., Kaas, M., Hill, D.L., Hodge, F. et al. (2003). Providing culturally appropriate education on type 2 diabetes to rural American Indians: Emotions and racial consciousness. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E6(1) on-line journal: http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/E6one_struthers.htm.

Struthers, R., Hodge, F., Geishirt-Cantrell, B., & Casken, J. (2003). Community mapping: A tool in the fight against cigarette smoking on American Indian reservations. Policy Politics & Nursing Practice, 4(4), 295-302.

Struthers, R., Hodge, F.S., Geishirt-Cantrell, B., & DeCora, L. (2003). Participant experiences of talking circles on type 2 diabetes on two Northern Plains American Indian tribes. Qualitative Health Research, 13(8), 1094-115.

Struthers, R., Hodge, F.S., DeCora, L., & Geishirt-Cantrell, B. (2003). The experience of native peer facilitators in the campaign against type 2 diabetes. Journal of Rural Health, 19(2), 174-180.

Hodge, F.S. (2002). American Indian and Alaska Native teen cigarette smoking: a review. In D.M. Burns, R.H. Amacher, & W. Ruppert (Eds.), Changing adolescent smoking prevalence: Where it is and why (Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph No. 14, NIH Publication No. 02-5086, pp. 255-261). Bethesda, MD: U.S. DHHS.

Hodge, F.S., Pasqua, A., Marquez, C.A., & Geishirt-Cantrell, B. (2002). Utilizing traditional storytelling to promote wellness in American Indian communities. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(1), 6-11.

Hodge, F. (2001). Editor's commentary. Wicazo Sa Review: Jrnl of Native American Studies, 16(1), 5-7.

Hodge, F. (2001). Contemporary U.S. Indian health care. In D. Champagne (Ed.), The Native North American almanac (2nd ed., pp. 937-947). Washington, DC: Gale Research, Inc.

Hodge, F.S., Weinmann, S., & Roubideaux, Y. (2000). Recruitment of American Indians and Alaska Natives into clinical trials. Annals of Epidemiology. 10(Suppl.8), S41-S48.

Hodge, F.S., & Casken, J. (1999). Characteristics of American Indian women cigarette smokers: Prevalence and cessation status. Health Care for Women International, 20(5), 455-469.

Hodge, F.S., Stubbs, H.A., & Fredericks, L. (1999). Talking circles: Increasing cancer knowledge among American Indian women. Cancer Research and Therapy, 8(1-2), 103-111.

Hodge, F.S., and Casken, J. (1999). American Indian breast cancer project: Educational development and implementation. American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 23(3), 113-118.

Hodge, F., and Fredericks, L. (1999). American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States: An overview. In R.M.Huff & M.V.Kline (Eds.), Promoting health in multicultural populations: A handbook for practitioners (pp. 269-289). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Fredericks, L. and Hodge, F., (1999). Traditional Approaches to Health Care Among American Indians, In R.M.Huff & M.V.Kline (Eds.), Promoting health in multicultural populations: A handbook for practitioners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Hodge, F.S., and Glover, C. (1999). The National Cancer Institute's research efforts in Native American communities: Approaches used and lessons learned. In C. Glover & F.S. Hodge (Eds.), Native outreach: A report to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. National Cancer Institute Monograph, NIH Publication No.98-4341, pp.103-111).

Hodge, F.S., Fredericks, L., & Kipnis, P. (1999). It's your life-It's our future stop smoking program. In C. Glover & F. S. Hodge (Eds.), Native outreach: A report to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. (National Cancer Institute Monograph, NIH Publication No. 98-4341, pp. 67-74).

Glover, C., and Hodge, F.S. (Eds.). (1999). Native outreach: A report to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. National Cancer Institute Monograph, NIH Publication No. 98-4341. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

Hodge, F.S., contributing author (1998). Tobacco use among U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups-African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics. A report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: CDC Office on Smoking and Health.

Hodge, F.S., Stubbs, H.A., Gurgin, V., & Fredericks, L. (1998). Cervical cancer screening: Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of American Indian women. Cancer, 83(Suppl. 8), 1799-1804.

Hodge, F.S., Toms, F., & Guillermo, T. (1998). Achieving cultural competency and responsive health care delivery. Cancer, 83(Suppl.8), 1714-1716.

Hodge, F.S., Fredericks, L., & Kipnis, P. (1996) Patient and smoking patterns in northern California American Indian clinics: Urban and rural contrasts. Cancer, 78(Suppl.7), 1623-1628.

Hodge, F.S., Fredericks, L., & Rodriguez, B. (1996). American Indian women's talking circle: A cervical cancer screening and prevention project. Cancer, 78(Suppl.7), 1592-1597.

Hodge, F.S., Cummings, S., Fredericks, L., Kipnis, P., Williams, M., & Teehee, K. (1995). Prevalence of smoking among adult American Indian clinic users in northern California. Preventive Medicine, 24(5), 441-446.

Hodge, F.S. (1995). Tobacco control leadership in American Indian communities. In K. Slama (Ed.), Tobacco and health (pp.375-378). New York: Plenum Press.

Hodge, F., & Kipnis, P. (1995). Demoralization: A useful concept for case management with Native Americans. In P. Manolas (Ed.), The cross-cultural practice of critical case management in mental health. (pp.79-98). New York: Haworth Press.

Bloom, J.R., Grazier, K., Hodge, F., & Hayes, W. (1991). Factors affecting the use of screening mammography among African American women. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 1(1), 75-82

 

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