Programs
‘+Language is Medicine (+LiM)
Focus area(s):
Adolescent Wellbeing
Cultural Knowledge
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
(+)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):
Infectious Disease Prevention
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
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
At Home Screening for STDs
Rural and isolated tribal communities have limited options for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. In …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Sexual & Reproductive Health
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 Nava…
Focus area(s):
Cultural Knowledge
Family Strengthening
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
Bright Horizons
Background information
Bright Horizons is a brief intervention to be delivered in one 2-4 hour session that teaches cog…
Focus area(s):
Adolescent Wellbeing
Substance Misuse Prevention & Harm Reduction
Associated location(s):
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Cancer Care Initiative: Supporting Care Along the Continuum in Native American Communities – Chinle, Arizona
TEAM: Tablet-based Education to Improve the Acceptance of Mammography
Mobile interface of a video of Vanessa Begaye o…
Focus area(s):
Cancer Care & Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Cancer Care Initiative: Supporting Care Along the Continuum in Native American Communities – Main Page
Summary
The goal of these projects is to work with partnering communities to reduce disparities in cancer educa…
Focus area(s):
Cancer Care & Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Cancer Care Initiative: Supporting Care Along the Continuum in Native American Communities – Whiteriver, AZ
We are testing the following aims:
Aim 1: To assess whether CARE + COACH leads to more women scheduling and c…
Focus area(s):
Cancer Care & Prevention
Associated location(s):
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, 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 reduc…
Focus area(s):
Chronic Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ