Programs

(+)Connection is Medicine / The Healing Spirits Program

(+)Connection is Medicine (Navajo Nation study name; +CiM) / The Healing Spirits Program (White Mountain Apache Tribe Study Name; HSP) is aimed at supporting Diné and Apache families who are struggling with mental health due to ongoing stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and returning to in-person learning. The study will leverage evidence-based tools, including

Focus Area: COVID-19 Response & PreventionMental Health Promotion

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZNavajo NationShiprock, NMTuba City, AZWhite Mountain Apache

+Language is Medicine (+LiM)

Brief Study Summary   Background information   What we are doing   How this will help improve health in the community   Contact: Josh Allison-Burbank jalliso8@jhu.edu

Focus Area: Cultural StrengthsYouth Development

Associated Location(s): Navajo NationShiprock, NM

Active Bacterial Surveillance in Communities

For more than 20 years, we have helped tribes quantify the burden of serious disease caused by bacteria and monitor the impact of intervention strategies. **Sign up for our Active Bacterial Surveillance Newsletter** Public health surveillance is the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Control

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZGallup, NMNavajo NationShiprock, NMTuba City, AZWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

At Home Screening for STDs

Rural and isolated tribal communities have limited options for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. In some communities with small populations, concerns about confidentiality prevent people from getting tested at all, resulting in high rates of sexually transmitted infections. About Self-Administered Testing Self-administered testing kits make it possible to test for common sexually transmitted infections

Focus Area: Infectious Disease ControlSexual & Reproductive Health

Azhe’é Bidziil (Strong Fathers): Improving Outcomes Among Rural Native Fathers and Their Families

The Azhe’é Bidziil (Strong Fathers) program is based on evidence-based programs designed in collaboration with the Navajo Nation, White Mountain Apache Tribe, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health. Azhe’é Bidziil combines two evidence-based interventions developed specifically for Native communities and proven to work through our tribal-academic partnership: Respecting the Circle of Life© (RCL)

Focus Area: Parenting

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZNavajo NationTuba City, AZ

Cancer Care Project: Addressing Disparities in Cancer Education, Care and Outcomes in Native American Communities

Project Goal The goal of this project is to work with the Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe to reduce disparities in cancer education, care access, and outcomes among Native American families.  Our Cancer Care Project is currently developing a community-based intervention to promote breast cancer screening. Intervention development is informed by quantitative and qualitative data

Focus Area: Cancer Care & Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZWhiteriver, AZ