Programs

Evaluating Maternal Immunization Study

The flu (influenza) and whooping cough (pertussis) infection in infants can lead to serious illness and even death, part…

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

Family Spirit Home Visiting Program

The Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based and culturally tailored home visiting intervention delivered by Native Am…

Focus area(s): Cultural Knowledge 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

Family Spirit Nurture

Family Spirit Nurture is a home visiting module designed for and with Native American families to promote healthy infant…

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

Family Spirit Strengths

Background Mental health and substance misuse pose some of the greatest risks to the health and well-being of American I…

Focus area(s): Mental Wellbeing

Associated location(s): Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM

Feast for the Future

What is Feast for the Future?Feast for the Future is a model program that promotes Native communities' capacity to stren…

Focus area(s): Chronic Disease Prevention

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

The Female Pathways (Asdzáán Be'eena' in Navajo) program was designed through a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Ce…

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

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

Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man)

The Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man) Intervention is a research study to measure the effectiveness of a secondary prevention…

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

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

Healing Pathways (Anishinaabe Giigewin Miikana)

The Healing Pathways Project is a community-based participatory research study involving 735 American Indian and First N…

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

Associated location(s): Duluth, MN