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JHCIH Site: Fort Defiance, AZ (serving the Fort Defiance Agency – 27 Chapters) Project Timeline: December 2021 – November 2023 The number of households on Navajo Nation that lack access to piped water or experience other water access challenges are inconsistently reported and estimates vary significantly. Although there is agreement across sectors that improving water
Focus Area: Environmental Health
Associated Location(s): Fort Defiance, AZNavajo Nation
Findings from the first phase of the Family Spirit Nurture (FSN) study in Shiprock, NM showed that 59.7% of Navajo mothers and children enrolled in the program experienced water insecurity at some point in their child’s first year of life. While 62% of mothers reported having piped water in their home, 82% reported bottled water
Focus Area: Environmental Health
Home environmental issues such as indoor air pollution, poor water quality, and household hazards are risk factors for injuries and multiple diseases that excessively burden Native American communities. In 2016-2017, with funding from the Osprey Foundation, the Center conducted a pilot study to identify and address harmful home environmental exposures in White Mountain Apache households.
Focus Area: Environmental HealthInfectious Disease Prevention
Associated Location(s): White Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ
Indigenae is a community-guided podcast that is dedicated to Indigenous wxmen’s health and wellbeing. Join hosts Sarah Stern (Cherokee), Olivia Trujillo (Navajo) and Dr. Sophie Neuner (Karuk) as they interview a new guest each week and take listeners on a journey through Indigenous womanhood, exploring topics from Coming of Age to Becoming an Elder. The
Focus Area: Cancer Care & PreventionEnvironmental HealthParentingSexual & Reproductive HealthYouth Development
This study will examine the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce household exposure to arsenic in private well water in American Indian communities. The study will be the first randomized controlled trial of an arsenic intervention in the US. Furthermore, the results of this research are of interest to the Indian Health Service as they
Focus Area: Environmental Health
We conducted a study to determine the causes of acute gastroenteritis (i.e., vomiting and diarrhea) and to evaluate potential associations between acute gastroenteritis and household drinking water quality, availability, and handling practices. Why water safety is critical Access to safe drinking water for people living in the Navajo Nation can be challenging because of the
Focus Area: Environmental Health