Programs

(+)Connection is Medicine / The Healing Spirits Program

(+)Connection is Medicine (Navajo Nation study name; +CiM) / The Healing Spirits Program (White Mountain Apache Tribe St…

Focus area(s): Mental Wellbeing

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache

Active Bacterial Surveillance in Communities (SuNA)

For more than 20 years, we have helped tribes quantify the burden of serious disease caused by bacteria and monitor the …

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Asdzáán Be’eena’ (Female Pathways) – Evaluation of the Program with Navajo Girls and their Caregivers

Brief study summary The Female Pathways (Asdzáán Be'eena' in Navajo) program was designed through a collaboration b…

Focus area(s): Family Strengthening Sexual & Reproductive Health

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ

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

Brief Study Summary The Azhe'é Bidziil (Strong Fathers) program is based on evidence-based programs designed in coll…

Focus area(s): Cultural Knowledge Family Strengthening

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ

Family Spirit Long-term Follow-up Study

In partnership with the Navajo Nation (Fort Defiance and Tuba City) and the White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache …

Focus area(s): Cultural Knowledge Family Strengthening Infant & Child Development Mental Wellbeing Substance Misuse Prevention & Harm Reduction

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ San Carlos Apache>San Carlos, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Haemophilus influenzae Rapid Response investigation (HiRRI)

Historically, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children aged <5 years have suffered from invasive H. influen…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Pneumococcal Carriage among Native Americans in the Southwest Study (PNEU-CARE)

ABOUT: This study will help us understand how much and which strains of pneumo are present in the community. The goa…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Preventing Firearm Suicide Among Navajo Youth Through Community-Guided Care 

Firearm suicide is a growing and preventable public health crisis for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Nationall…

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ

Project SafeSchools

We were awarded a prestigious Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) grant from the NIH to help schools serving Nati…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

RSV Prevention Part II

We conducted the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevention Phase II study to help us better understand if preventing …

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ