Program Directory

Family Spirit Nurture

Study Background Family Spirit Nurture is a home visiting module designed for and with Native American families to pr…

Focus area(s): Chronic Disease Prevention Family Strengthening Infant & Child Development

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

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 …

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 White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Haemophilus influenzae Rapid Response investigation (HiRRI)

Historically, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children aged <5 years have suffered from invasive H. influen…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Home Environmental Assessment and Remediation (HEART)

Home environmental issues such as indoor air pollution, poor water quality, and household hazards are risk factors for i…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention Land and Water

Associated location(s): White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Impact of Prevnar-13 on pneumococcal carriage and disease among Native American communities

Impact of Prevnar-13 on pneumococcal carriage and disease among Native American communities Navajo and White Mountain A…

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 White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Impact of RSV Prevention on Prevalence of Asthma

Study Background We conducted the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevention Phase II study to help us better u…

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

Multi-tiered Youth Suicide Prevention Program

We launched a three-tiered suicide prevention intervention in 2006 across the White Mountain Apache Tribe under a progra…

Focus area(s): Adolescent Wellbeing Mental Wellbeing

Associated location(s): White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

My Pathway to Healing (MP2H)

Brief Study Summary The goal of My Pathway to Healing (MP2H) is to test the effectiveness of this five-lesson intervent…

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

Associated location(s): White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ

Pneumococcal Carriage among Native Americans in the Southwest Study (PNEU-CARE)

ABOUT: This study will help us understand how much and which strains of pneumo are present in the community. The goa…

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

Project SafeSchools

We were awarded a prestigious Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) grant from the NIH to help schools serving Nati…

Focus area(s): Infectious Disease Prevention

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