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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

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

Diné Household Water Survey

 Water Needs Assessment to Understand the Household Water Needs of Diné Families Living on the Navajo Nation  JHCIH Site: Fort Defiance, AZ and Chinle, AZ (Navajo Nation) Chinle Agency Implementation Timeline: April 2024 – September 2025  Overview: This project aims to implement a culturally-tailored household water needs assessment with a representative sample of households across the

Focus Area: Environmental Health

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZNavajo Nation

Evaluating Maternal Immunization Study

The flu (influenza) and whooping cough (pertussis) infection in infants can lead to serious illness and even death, particularly in very young babies. Infants cannot receive vaccines for these diseases themselves until they are several months old, but immunizing women during pregnancy can provide temporary protection against these diseases for the first few months of

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Prevention

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

Family Spirit Home Visiting Program

The Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based and culturally tailored home visiting intervention delivered by Native American paraprofessionals as an Indigenous solution to supporting caregivers during pregnancy and early childhood. Caregivers gain knowledge and skills to achieve optimum development for their children across the domains of physical, cognitive, social-emotional, language learning, and self-help. The Family

Focus Area: Cultural StrengthsEarly Childhood DevelopmentParenting Support

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