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

Focus Area: COVID-19 Response & PreventionMental Health Promotion

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZNavajo NationShiprock, NMTuba City, AZWhite Mountain Apache

+Language is Medicine (+LiM)

Brief Study Summary   Background information   What we are doing   How this will help improve health in the community   Contact: Josh Allison-Burbank jalliso8@jhu.edu

Focus Area: Cultural StrengthsYouth Development

Associated Location(s): Navajo NationShiprock, NM

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

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.

Focus Area: Cultural StrengthsParenting Support

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

Bright Horizons

Background information Bright Horizons is a brief intervention to be delivered in one 2-4 hour session that teaches cognitive restructuring, emotion regulation and problem-solving, and motivational interviewing It is designed

Focus Area: Substance Use & PreventionYouth Development

Associated Location(s): White Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, 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

Focus Area: Cancer Care & Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZWhiteriver, AZ