Programs

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 Control

Associated Location(s): ChinleFort DefianceGallupNavajo NationShiprockTuba CityWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver

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): ChinleWhiteriver

COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial

COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial  As of March 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for three vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19. The FDA issued an EUA for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. Finding safe and effective vaccines is critical to protecting families and ending the pandemic. This study

Focus Area: COVID-19 ResponseInfectious Disease Control

Associated Location(s): ChinleGallupNavajo NationShiprockWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver

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 Control

Associated Location(s): ChinleGallupNavajo NationShiprockWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver

Family Spirit Nurture – Preventing Early Childhood Obesity

Family Spirit Nurture: Provides support for exclusive breastfeeding, and delaying the introduction of solid foods until the child is 6 months of age Promotes responsive feeding, including recognizing hunger and satiety cues Promotes the creation of safe play spaces for infants and toddlers in the home Provides psychosocial support and activities to help reduce stress,

Focus Area: Diabetes & Obesity PreventionEarly Childhood DevelopmentParenting

Associated Location(s): GallupNavajo NationShiprockWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver

Haemophilus influenzae carriage among southwestern American Indian children

Haemophilus influenzae is a type of germ (bacteria) that frequently lives in the back of the nose and throat. This is a state called carriage, and it is usually harmless but sometimes the bacteria can cause serious diseases such as meningitis or pneumonia. H. influenzae are transmitted through coughing and sneezing. There are six types

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Control

Associated Location(s): ChinleFort DefianceGallupNavajo NationShiprockWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver