Knowledge Center
Center publications reflect the highest standards in public health research and scholarship. Our faculty, staff and community partners submit papers to competitive journals that are thought leaders in their field. These are then rigorously reviewed by peer experts prior to approval and publishing. All publications that incorporate data specific to tribal nations are reviewed and approved first by a Tribal Internal Review Board (IRB).
Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Pregnancy Prevention Among Native American Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2016-2018
09/01/2021
L Tingey, R Chambers, H Patel, S Lee, S Littlepage, A Lee, D Susan, L Melgar, A Slimp, S Rosenstock
American Journal of Public Health
Focus area(s):
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Suicide Ideation and Depression Quality of Life Ratings in a Reservation-Based Community of Native American Youths and Young Adults
08/29/2021
Alfonso, Y. N., Bishai, D., Ivanich, J. D.,* O’Keefe, V. M., Usher, J., Aldridge, L. R.,* Haroz, E. E., Goklish, N., Barlow, A., & Cwik, M.
Community Mental Health Journal
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Tribal sovereignty in research and community engagement for a COVID vaccine clinical trial on the Navajo Nation: beyond a Facebook town hall. Am J Public Health
08/01/2021
Hammitt LL, Vigil DE, Reid R
Am J Public Health
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Factors Associated with Sterile Syringe Acquisition among People who Inject Drugs in West Virginia
07/27/2021
Sean Allen, Alyona Mazhnaya, Allison O’Rourke, Rebecca Hamilton White, Patrick Wedlock, Suzanne Grieb, Michael Kilkenny, Melissa Walls, & Susan Sherman
Substance Use & Misuse
Focus area(s):
Substance Use & Prevention
Social Network Difference Between American Indian Youth Who have Attempted Suicide and Have Suicide Ideation
07/01/2021
Ivanich, JD*, O’Keefe, V, Waugh, E, Tingey, L, Tate, M, Parker, A, Craig, M, and Cwik, M.
Community Mental Health Journal
Focus area(s):
Suicide Prevention
Intimate Partner Violence and Health: The Roles of Social Support and Communal Mastery in Five American Indian Communities
07/01/2021
Katie Schultz, Sheryl Grana, & Melissa Walls
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Focus area(s):
Mental Health Promotion
Why social distance demands social justice: systemic racism, COVID-19, and health security in the United States
06/17/2021
Ravi SJ, Warmbrod KL, Barlow A, Cepeda J, Falade-Nwulia OO, Haroz EE, Purnell TS
Health Security
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Social justice
Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Impact of Asdzáán Be’eená: an intergenerational, strength-based and culturally grounded program to improve the health of Navajo families.
06/17/2021
Chambers R, Patel H, Richards J, Begay J, Littlepage S, Begay M, Sheppard L, Nelson D, Masten K, Mitchell K, Kee C, Barlow A, Tingey L.
Family and Community Health
Focus area(s):
Cultural Strengths
Psychosocial aspects of historical and cultural learning: Historical trauma and resilience amongst Indigenous young adults.
05/01/2021
Melissa E. Lewis, Rose Stremlau, Melissa Walls, Julie Reed, Jack Baker, Wyman Kirk, & Tom Belt
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Focus area(s):
Social justice
Development and dessemination of a strengths-based Indigenous children’s storybook: “Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: overcoming COVID-19”
03/23/2021
O’Keefe, V. M., *Maudrie, T. L., Ingalls, A., Kee, C., Masten, K. L., Barlow, A., & Haroz, E. E.
Frontiers: Sociology
Focus area(s):
COVID-19 Response & Prevention
Cultural Strengths
Mental Health Promotion