scholarly journals LISTENING AND LEARNING TO FORM THE HBI ROAD MAP FOR INDIAN COUNTRY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S366-S366
Author(s):  
Molly French ◽  
Michael Splaine ◽  
John Shean ◽  
Heidi Holt
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
International Association ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Tribal Government ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Public Health Strategies

Abstract American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are establishing new paths as more older adults develop Alzheimer’s and other dementias along with other co-morbidities. To offer a flexible framework of public health strategies that proactively address the growing issue of dementia among AI/ANs, Alzheimer’s Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the first-ever Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map for Indian Country. Partnering with International Association for Indigenous Aging supported Road Map development through virtual listening sessions and written comments from regional Native health experts, tribal aging service leaders, and tribal government officials. Many additional discussions, engagement of a cultural guide, and an additional partnership with National Indian Health Board further informed Road Map contents, graphic design, and marketing. Presenter will describe rationale for the process, themes from the consultations, and lessons learned by the Association and CDC that can apply to similar initiatives.

scholarly journals CONNECTING HEALTHY BRAINS AND HEALTHY HEARTS IN INDIAN COUNTRY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S366-S366
Author(s):  
Kelsey M Donnellan
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
International Association ◽  
Brain Health ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Tribal Health ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Health Experts

Abstract The release of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map for Indian Country inspired the International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop health communication materials to promote heart health and brain health among states with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. IA2 engaged public health, tribal health, and brain health experts to inform the key messages and intended audiences. The final package includes two posters, one flyer, one provider guide, four radio public service announcements, and two short videos. Tribal health officials and state health are encouraged to distribute the resources through senior centers and inter-tribal organizations, healthcare facilities, administrative offices, tribal newspapers/radio stations, and as mailers to tribal members. The session will focus on how the resources raise awareness of and promote action on heart and brain health among AI/AN communities.

scholarly journals INTEREST GROUP SESSION—INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: REVEALING THE HEALTHY BRAIN INITIATIVE’S ROAD MAP FOR INDIAN COUNTRY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. SS365-SS365
Author(s):  
Heidi Holt ◽  
Blythe S Winchester
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
International Association ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Native Community ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
State And Local

Abstract This landmark document, The Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for Indian Country, is the first-ever public health guide focused on dementia in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. It is intended as a tool for leaders of the 573 federally recognized Indian tribes, as well as state-recognized tribes, to engage their communities in this important issue. Early in the development of the HBI Public Health Road Map for Dementia, CDC recognized strategies that may work for state and local public health agencies likely would need to be tailored by native communities due to culture and unique contexts. This Road Map for Indian Country (Road Map) can be used to support a dialogue within a Native community about how to promote wellness across the lifespan and best support older adults with dementia, their families, and caregivers. The panel will consist of 5 presenters and 1 discussant. Bill Benson, International Association of Indigenous Aging, will discuss the background and need for the project. Molly French, the Alzheimer’s Association, will describe the process used to create the Road Map. Heidi Holt, CDC, will describe the content and goals of the Road Map. Kelsey Donnellan, Association for State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), will present key Indian Country products and Messages that accompany the Road Map. Lisa McGuire will present relevant Behavioral Risk Factor Data, including data specific to the AI/AN population. The discussant will wrap up the panel and provide unique insights as to the use and future for this important document.

scholarly journals CDC Healthy Brain Initiative Action Institutes: Innovative Planning and Lessons Learned

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 720-720
Author(s):  
Heidi Holt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Aging Program ◽  
State And Local

Abstract This presentation will demonstrate an innovative strategic planning effort, coined Action Institutes (AI’s), which are designed to promote the implementation of CDC’s “The Healthy Brain Initiative’s State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia” and the “Road Map for Indian Country.” Both of these documents outline how the champions of public health and their partners can create a statewide effort to promote brain health, increase early diagnosis, address cognitive impairment for individuals living in the community, and help meet the needs of care partners. The purpose of these 1-2-day AI’s is to familiarize leaders with the topic, encourage their adoption into current priority setting, and guide participants in creating action plans. The CDC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Program is conducting a series of these AIs, which are made possible through partnerships with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the National Indian Health Board.

scholarly journals Recruiting and Engaging American Indian and Alaska Native Teens and Young Adults in a SMS Help-Seeking Intervention: Lessons Learned from the BRAVE Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9437
Author(s):  
David Stephens ◽  
Roger Peterson ◽  
Michelle Singer ◽  
Jacqueline Johnson ◽  
Stephanie Craig Rushing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Media Channels

This paper shares lessons learned recruiting and engaging participants in the BRAVE study, a randomized controlled trial carried out by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and the mHealth Impact Lab. The team recruited 2330 American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) teens and young adults nationwide (15–24 years old) via social media channels and text message and enrolled 1030 to participate in the 9 month study. Teens and young adults who enrolled in this study received either: 8 weeks of BRAVE text messages designed to improve mental health, help-seeking skills, and promote cultural pride and resilience; or 8 weeks of Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) text messages, designed to elevate and re-affirm Native voices in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine; and then received the other set of messages. Results indicate that social media channels like Facebook and Instagram can be used to recruit AI/AN teens and young adults. Retention in this study was high, with 87% of participants completing both the BRAVE and STEM intervention arms. Lessons learned from this process may help teen and young adult-serving organizations, prevention programs, policy makers, researchers, and educators as they support the next generation of AI/AN change makers.

Data & Native American Identity

Contexts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. Huyser
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Native American Identity ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Meaningful Data

The history of the U.S. Census is needed to understand the count and participation of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. The challenges and lessons learned from the census reveal an opportunity for social research to collect meaningful data in Indian Country.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Community-Based Participatory Research in Indian Country

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Burhansstipano ◽  
Suzanne Christopher ◽  
Ann Schumacher
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Medically Underserved ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Control And Prevention

The purpose of this article is to share lessons learned from implementing community-based participatory research (CBPR) in Indian Country that may be generalizable to other medically underserved communities. CBPR is currently included in multiple grant announcements by the National Institute of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but information about this methodology vs traditional research methodology is often misleading. This article addresses some common mistakes made by academic research institutes by sharing what we have learned about how CBPR can be implemented in a respectful manner. The majority of tribal Nations prefer, if not mandate, that CBPR be used in most proposed studies involving their communities today.

The Oral Health Status of American Indian/Alaska Native Preschool Children: A Crisis in Indian Country

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace M. Jones ◽  
Kathy Phipps ◽  
Nancy Reifel ◽  
Betty Skipper ◽  
Patrick Blahut
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Indian Country

scholarly journals The Evolution of the Healthy Brain Initiative

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 720-720
Author(s):  
Lisa McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Local Public Health ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Map Series

Abstract The Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) seeks to advance public health awareness of and action on ADRD as a public health issue. The HBI Road Map Series, State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia: The 2018–2023 Road Map (S&L RM) and Road Map for Indian Country (RMIC), provide the public health with concrete steps to respond to the growing burden of ADRD in communities, consistent with the aim of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (P.L. 115-406). This series of RMs for state, local, and tribal public health provide flexible menus of actions to address cognitive health, including ADRD, and support for dementia caregivers with population-based approaches. This session will describe how the initiative evolved over the past 15 years including policy and implementation success stories.

scholarly journals As a Squash Plant Grows

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Marisa Elena Duarte ◽  
Morgan Vigil-Hayes ◽  
Ellen Zegura ◽  
Elizabeth Belding ◽  
Ivone Masara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Partners ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Tribal Government ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Space Infrastructure ◽  
Technical Capacity ◽  
Research Impacts

Researching and designing Internet infrastructure solutions in rural and tribal contexts requires reciprocal relationships between researchers and community partners. Methodologies must be meaningful amid local social textures of life. Achieving transdisciplinarity while relating research impacts to partner communities takes care work, particularly where technical capacity is scarce. The Full Circle Framework is an action research full stack development methodology that foregrounds reciprocity among researchers, communities, and sovereign Native nations as the axis for research purpose and progress. Applying the framework to deploy television white space infrastructure in sovereign Native nations in northern New Mexico reveals challenges for rural computing, including the need to design projects according to the pace of rural and tribal government workflows, cultivate care as a resource for overworked researchers and community partners, and co-create a demand for accurate government data around Internet infrastructures in Indian Country and through rural counties.

Diplomatic History: A Very Short Introduction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Siracusa
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Diplomatic History ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Great War

Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction introduces the subject of diplomatic history, the critical study of the management of relations between nation-states. Based on significant historical case studies—the diplomacy of the American Revolution, the diplomatic origins of the Great War and its aftermath Versailles, the personal summitry behind the night Stalin and Churchill divided Europe, George W. Bush and the coming of the Iraq War, and diplomacy in the age of globalization—there are concrete examples of diplomacy in action while locating the universal role of negotiations. Through these examples we can see what the key element of success is. The lessons learned provide a road map to navigating the challenges of 21st-century diplomacy.

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