Program Directory

(+)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): Mental Wellbeing

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache

+Language is Medicine: A Caregiver-Implemented Language Intervention to Prevent Developmental Delay in Diné Toddlers 

Brief Study Summary   The +Language is Medicine (+LiM) study is evaluating the effectiveness of a cul…

Focus area(s): Cultural Knowledge Family Strengthening Infant & Child Development

Associated location(s): Albuquerque Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM

Active Bacterial Surveillance (ABS) in Communities in the Southwest

Brief study summary The Active Bacterial Surveillance (ABS) system provides Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apac…

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

Adult Pneumonia

Brief study summary The main goal of the study is to understand what germs are causing pneumonia among adults so …

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

Anishinaabe Canoe Migration: A Collaboration with Heart Berry House

Brief program summary The Anishinaabe Canoe Migration project is a collaboration with a Native women-led nonpro…

Focus area(s): Adolescent Wellbeing Cultural Knowledge

Associated location(s): Duluth, MN

Anishinaabe Giigewin Miikana (Healing Pathways)

Healing Pathways is a community-based participatory research study involving 735 American Indian and First Nations youth…

Focus area(s): Adolescent Wellbeing Mental Wellbeing Substance Misuse Prevention & Harm Reduction

Associated location(s): Duluth, MN

Asdzáán Be’eena’ (Female Pathways) – Evaluation of the Program with Navajo Girls and their Caregivers

Brief study summary The Female Pathways (Asdzáán Be'eena' in Navajo) program was designed through a collaboration b…

Focus area(s): Family Strengthening Sexual & Reproductive Health

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Tuba City, 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

Brief study summary The Azhe'é Bidziil (Strong Fathers) program is based on evidence-based programs designed in collab…

Focus area(s): Cultural Knowledge Family Strengthening

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ

BoostVax: Boosting Healthcare Provider Capacity for Infectious Disease Prevention – A Quality Improvement Initiative

Brief Study Summary BoostVax is a multi-site, collaborative initiative designed to strengthen vaccine confidence …

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention Policy & Advocacy

Associated location(s): Montana Rapid City, SD Rocky Boy White Mountain Apache