Programs

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 PreventionSexual & Reproductive Health

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

The Female Pathways (Asdzáán Be’eena’ in Navajo) program was designed through a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health and Navajo Nation community members and cultural experts. With the goal to promote protective factors that are associated with preventing risky sexual behaviors and substance use among adolescents, the program engages girls ages 10-14 and

Focus Area: ParentingSexual & Reproductive Health

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

Hózhǫ́ Horizons: Empowering Native Youth in Health & Wellness

Project Summary  Native youth sexual and STI risk reduction programming continues to be one of the greatest needs across Navajo Nation. The University of Montana has partnered with Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health to plan and implement evidence-based, youth pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention strategies for Native youth on Navajo Nation.  Background information 

Focus Area: Sexual & Reproductive Health

Associated Location(s): Navajo Nation

Indigenae Podcast

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

Indigi-IWTK (I Want the Kit)

Background I Want the Kit (IWTK) is an HIV and STI self-sample, mail-based program that was started at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2004. The IWTK program offers free, accurate, and confidential at-home specimen collection and lab-based testing for common STIs (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Syphilis) and HIV. IWTK operates

Focus Area: Sexual & Reproductive Health

Sexual Health Education – Respecting the Circle of Life

On some tribal reservations, sexual health education is not part of standardized school curriculum. Adolescents in these communities suffer high rates of sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregnancy. Focus groups completed with adolescents from a tribe in the American Southwest indicated sexual health knowledge including HIV/AIDs prevention and transmission knowledge is low, peers readily influence

Focus Area: Infectious Disease PreventionSexual & Reproductive HealthSubstance Use & PreventionYouth Development