Bio
Dr. Roubideaux’s work includes teaching, research, and program development in the areas of diabetes in American Indians and Indian health policy. She has worked in a leadership capacity on numerous national committees and projects related to diabetes, and is currently Co-Director of the Coordinating Center for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Competitive Grant Program Demonstration Project, which is a congressionally-funded diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention project in 66 Indian health sites across the country. She recruits American Indian students into the health professions as the Director of the UA/ITCA Indians Into Medicine Program and the Director of the ITCA/UA American Indian Research Center for Health Training Program. She was President of the Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP), a past member of the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health, and was named the 2004 AAIP Indian Physician of the Year. In 2001, Dr. Roubideaux co-edited the book “Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century.”
Dr. Roubideaux, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1989, and completed a residency program in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, in 1992. She completed her M.P.H. at Harvard School of Public Health as a CFHU Fellow in 1997.
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Keywords
Disparities
Minority Health
Quality Improvement
Health Policy
Research
Chronic Diseases
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Clinical Interests
Internal Medicine
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Networking
Contacts/Connections
Indian Health Service
National Indian Health Board
Association of American Indian Physicians
Native Research Network
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Academic Acheivement
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed Publications)
Roubideaux Y, Moore K, Avery C, Muneta B, Knight M, Buchwald D. Developing Diabetes Education Materials: Recommendations of Tribal Leaders, Indian Health Professionals, and American Indian Community Members. The Diabetes Educator 2000; 26:290-294.
Hodge F, Weinmann S, Roubideaux Y. Recruitment of American Indians and Alaska Natives into Clinical Trials. Annals of Epidemiology Monograph: Participation of Women and Minorities in Clinical Cancer Research, (10) (8) (2000).
Roubideaux Y. Perspectives on American Indian Health. American Journal of Public Health 2002; 92:1401-3.
Roubideaux Y, Buchwald D, Beals J, Middlebrook D, Manson S, Muneta B, Rith-Najarian S, Shields R, Acton K. Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care for American Indian Elders. American Journal of Public Health 2004; 94:60-65.
Haley J, Zuckerman S, Roubideaux Y, Lilli-Blanton M. Healthcare Access and Utilization Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the National Survey of America’s Families. American Journal of Public Health 2004; 94:53-59.
Moss MP, Roubideaux Y, Jacobsen C, Buchwald D, Manson S. Functional Disability and Associated Factors Among Older Zuni Indians. J Cross Cult Gerontol 2004;19:1-12.
Rhoades, D, Roubideaux Y, Buchwald D. Diabetes Care Among Older, Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives.” Ethnicity and Disease, Fall 2004
Roubideaux Y. A Review of the Quality of Healthcare for American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, 2004.
Lilli-Blanton M, Roubideaux Y. Understanding and Addressing Healthcare Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives. American Journal of Public Health, 2005;95:759-61.
Wilson C, Gilliland S, Cullen T, Moore K, Roubideaux Y, Valdez L, Vanderwagen W, Acton K. Diabetes Outcomes in the Indian Health Service: Improvements during the Era of the Special Diabetes Programs for Indians and Government Performance and Results Act. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95(9):1518-22.
Goins RT, Spencer SM, Roubideaux YD, Manson SM. Differences in Functional Disability of Rural American Indian and White Older Adults With Comorbid Diabetes. Research on Aging 2005;27(6):643-658
Roubideaux Y. Beyond Red Lake – the persistent crisis in American Indian health care. New England Journal of Medicine 2005;353(18):1881-3.
Moore K, Roubideaux Y, Noonan C, Goldberg J, Shields R, Acton K. Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care in Urban and Rural Indian Health Programs. Ethnicity and Disease 2006;16(4):772-777.
Jian L, Beals J, Whitesell NR, Roubideaux Y, Manson SM and the AI-SUPERPFP Team. Association between Diabetes and Mental Disorders in Two American Indian Reservation Communities. Brief Report – Diabetes Care, in press.
Scholarly Books and Monographs (Peer Reviewed)
Dixon M, Roubideaux Y, eds. Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century. American Public Health Association, 2001.
Chapters in Scholarly Books and Monographs
Roubideaux Y. Cross-Cultural Aspects of Mental Health and Culture-Bound Illnesses. In: Primary Care of Native American Patients: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Epidemiology. Galloway JM, Goldberg BW, Alpert JS (Eds). Butterworth Heinemann; 1999
Dixon M, Mather DT, Shelton BL, Roubideaux Y. “Chapter 3. Economic and Organizational Changes in Health Care Systems.” In: Dixon M, Roubideaux Y, eds. Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century. American Public Health Association, 2001.
Roubideaux Y, Acton K. “Chapter 8. Diabetes in American Indians.” In: Dixon M, Roubideaux Y, eds. Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century. American Public Health Association, 2001.
Roubideaux Y. “Chapter 9. Cardiovascular Disease.” In: Dixon M, Roubideaux Y, eds. Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century. American Public Health Association, 2001.
Roubideaux Y, Dixon M. “Chapter 11. Health Surveillance, Research and Information.” In: Dixon M, Roubideaux Y, eds. Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century. American Public Health Association, 2001.
Roubideaux Y. “Current Issues in Indian Health Policy: Update 2002.” Background Paper for Conference “Native American Health and Welfare Policy in an Age of New Federalism. Morris K. Udall Foundation, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona, 2002.
Roubideaux Y. Health Care: A Trust Responsibility, A Sovereign Right. In: The State of the Native Nations: Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination. The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Presentations
(selected presentations 2004 - 2006)
“Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives.” Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Annual Meeting, Charleston SC, March 12, 2004
“The NDEP American Indian/Alaska Native Diabetes Prevention Campaign.” Healthier Indian Communities Through Partnerships and Prevention Summit, Indian Health Service, Washington DC, September 22-24, 2004
“Leadership in Indian Health.” Native American Nurses Association Annual Conference, Indian Health Service, Phoenix, AZ, October 29, 2004
“Measuring the Quality of Indian Health Diabetes Education Programs.” American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, November 7, 2004
“Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives.” Alvin F. Poussaint MD Lecture and Scientific Sessions, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, February 12, 2005
“Measuring the Quality of Care in Indian Health Diabetes Education Programs.” Public Health Seminar Series, Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, March 29, 2005, Tucson AZ
“The Diabetes Epidemic: A Comparison of American Indian/Alaska Native Data with Other Racial and Ethnic Groups.” Tribes and Community Perspectives Track, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives 2005, Denver CO, May 17, 2005
“Using Principles of Social Marketing to Develop Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Education Materials.” Special Diabetes Program for Indians Competitive Grant Program Planning Meeting 4, Denver CO, May 24, 2005
“Current Issues in Indian Health Policy.” Special Short Course/CME/Certificate Course, ATSDR Environmental Public Health Training Program, Atlanta GA, June 1-2, 2005
“American Indian/Alaska Native Healthcare Challenges.” Changing the Face of Medicine Traveling Exhibition Companion Program, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, August 29, 2005
Indian Health Policy 101 Workshop. National Indian Health Board 22nd Annual Consumer Conference, Phoenix AZ, October 17, 2005
“Awakening the Spirit: Making the Most of Diabetes Prevention Resources and Policies.” Native Diabetes Prevention Conference, Phoenix AZ, January 23, 2006
“The SDPI Competitive Grant Program: Description and Lessons Learned.” Association of American Indian Physicians Annual Conference, August 7, 2006
“Advocacy for the Reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI): Awakening the Spirit and Working Together to Extend the SDPI.” National Indian Health Board 23rd Annual Consumer Conference, October 12, 2006, Denver CO
“Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI): Description and Lessons Learned from the SDPI Competitive Grant Program Demonstration Projects.” National Indian Health Board 23rd Annual Consumer Conference, October 12, 2006, Denver CO
“Special Diabetes Program for Indians SDPI Competitive Grant Program Demonstration Projects – Overview and Lessons Learned.” American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting, Boston MA, November 7, 2006
“Future Health Directions: Are First Americans Still Last Americans?” Special Session, American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting, Boston MA, November 8, 2006
“Obesity in Youth.” 4th Annual Pascua Yaqui Diabetes Update, Pascua Yaqui Diabetes Prevention Program, Tucson AZ, December 1, 2006
“Tribal and University Partnerships,” Panel Discussion, 19th Annual Indian Health Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ, June 5, 2007
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Announcements
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux presents at Kaiser Family Foundation kaisernetwork.org - Healthcast: Indian Healthcare in the 21st Century: A Case Study in Disparities (2005)
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux presents at Kaiser Family Foundation kaisernetwork.org – Healthcast: Ask the Experts: American Indian/Alaska Native Health (2004)
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux publishes “A Review of the Quality of Healthcare for American Indians and Alaska Natives”
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux named “Indian Physician of the Year” by the Association of American Indian Physicians (2004)
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux featured on the National Library of Medicine Exhibit - "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians" (2003)
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, President, Association of American Indian Physicians, testifies before Congress on the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (2000)
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux appointed to the DHHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health (2000)
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Contact Information
Preferred Method of Contact
Phone: Work
E-mail: Work
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Date Updated: 08-17-2007
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