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

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 Prevention

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

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: Cultural StrengthsParenting Support

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, 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

Causes of Pneumonia and burden of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in American Indian Adults

Understanding the Causes of Adult Pneumonia Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization and death throughout the world. There are many different causes of pneumonia. In the United States, people aged 65 years and over have the highest pneumonia-related illness and death. We know that rates of pneumonia among Navajo and White Mountain Apache adults

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Prevention

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

COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial

COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial  SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. Native American communities experienced among the highest rates of COVID-19 disease and death in the U.S. This study aimed to evaluate whether an investigational vaccine candidate, created by Pfizer/BioNTech, was effective in preventing COVID-19 disease. Globally, more than 44,000

Focus Area: COVID-19 Response & PreventionInfectious Disease Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZGallup, NMNavajo NationShiprock, NMWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ