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Alvarado G • Sacred Beginnings Project: Utilizing Community-Based Participatory (CBPR) Methods in the Design and Implementation of a Preconception Health Research Project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Jennifer Richards, M.P.H. (Oglala/Lakota/Navajo/Taos) Sacred Beginnings/Otokahe Wakan Project Coordinator - Oglala Sioux Tribe Health Administration Lisa Schrader-Dillon, M.S.W. (Oglala Lakota) OST Health Administrator/NARCH Program Director – Oglala Sioux Tribe The Sacred Beginnings preconception health research project interventions are designed to increase knowledge of preconception health and its benefits at the community, provider, and individual level, through community-engaged and multi-level knowledge dissemination processes. The project follows a Tribal Participatory Process model that includes collaboration with a Tribal Working Group and cultural advisors, as well as reporting to a Tribal Research Review Board. Methods: A Tribal Working Group was developed to serve in an advisory role with an emphasis on incorporating the Lakota culture into project activities and materials. The working group has been vital in the development of a culturally relevant middle/high school preconception health curriculum and media awareness campaign. Approximately 350 community members completed a baseline community needs assessment to assist our working group and project staff in designing project interventions. Results: Results of the assessment indicate what community members may consider to be important in preparing for a healthy pregnancy. Reported priorities include: being tobacco free, not drinking alcohol, taking vitamins, staying a healthy weight, and learning about Lakota culture and traditions. This sample also gauged community perception on the best age for a woman to have her first baby, as well as what services are important prior to pregnancy. Conclusions: By collaborating with a Tribal Working Group and cultural advisors in the interpretation of data, such as our baseline community needs assessment, and designing interventions based on their input, this study demonstrates a unique model of CBPR that may be adapted to other indigenous and minority populations. Alvarado H • 6 Successful Strategies to Youth Suicide Prevention in Indian Country Julie Jimenez, M.S.W. Prevention Administrator – Gila River Healthcare Corporation Gila River Indian community in Sacaton, AZ, provides innovative approaches in youth suicide prevention, using the risk and protective factor theory for prevention, Learn how a current SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant recipient has developed and initiated a suicide prevention program in this rural Native American community. Participants will gain information on 6 successful strategies used with Native youth, families, service providers as well as community partners in making this Indian community more suicide safe. The 6 strategies for suicide prevention will be discussed at length with the help of a Power Point and video. Participants will also discuss best practices in prevention, to include life skills building, suicide assessment and referral, gatekeeper training and social marketing. Participants will be able to explain how the risk and protective factors of prevention are key in the prevention of suicide among youth. The relevance of the risk and protective factors and the importance of connecting youth to hope will be explored as well providing the participants with resources for them to gain further information and knowledge. 18
Session 6 – Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Alvarado B • Medicine Horse Therapy: It’s Different – It Works! Darla Delver President – Medicine Horse Therapy Ron Delver, B.Ed., B.A. Program Development – Medicine Horse Therapy Presenters will describe the Medicine Horse Therapy program (a results-oriented program), its underlying theories and principles and also how its innovative techniques make it stand out and differ from other programs. Delegates will see how Medicine Horse can be integrated into their existing equine and other programs, to facilitate the work of Elders, social workers, psychologists and other professionals. Medicine Horse is also extremely effective as a stand-alone program. Medicine Horse has been proven to be an effective component in the healing process of both victims and perpetrators of: violence, bullying, gang recruitment, aggression, substance abuse, sexual abuse and has succeeded in reducing suicides. It has successfully reached and facilitated the treatment of persons where other programs have failed. Most importantly, Medicine Horse connects with the disenfranchised and allows them to reconnect with their culture and existing supportive agencies. At all times, participants, horses and facilitators are all treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. The Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary has just begun a study of Medicine Horse and hopes to have preliminary results published and presented at international conferences by early next year. A discussion of this and other research, a sharing of case histories and success of past programs will be provided. This presentation consists of two 40-minute segments separated by a short break. Questions and comments from the floor will be encouraged. Alvarado C • Ten 10-Minute Meals and Other Skills to Heal Diabetes with Food Sally Fisher, M.D., M.S. Physician & Clinical Assistant Professor – University of New Mexico School of Medicine Caroline Trapp, APRN, M.S.N., BC-ADM, CDE Director of Diabetes Education and Care - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine In October of 2010, an 8-week series of unique nutrition and cooking classes were held in three sites, jointly sponsored by the Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Projects in Window Rock, AZ, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM, and the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM. Using a curriculum developed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), based on research that has shown the effectiveness of plant-based diet for diabetes, weight control and other health concerns, the program presented cooking and nutrition lessons that focused on a return to ancestral foods. This presentation will feature the key lessons of this 8-week program, including fun, interactive activities that anyone can use to teach groups how to turn diabetes around with food. 19
Page 1 and 2: "Eyes #1" By Thomas Poolaw (Kiowa)
Page 3 and 4: About the American Indian Institute
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