COVID-19 Resources

Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response Webinar: Motivational Interviewing Part II

Building on the part one training, Dr. Mary Larimer gives specific scenarios and examples for using motivational interviewing to promote behavior change. This webinar was created by Seven Directions and the Georgia Health Policy Center as part of the Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response grant program, funded by the Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).

Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response Webinar: Motivational Interviewing Part I

Dr. Mary Larimer provides an overview of motivational interviewing, which is an individual-centered approach to support behavior change, in the context of COVID-19 response. This webinar was created by Seven Directions and the Georgia Health Policy Center as part of the Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response grant program, funded by the Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).

Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response Webinar: Psychological First Aid

Dr. Mary Larimer shares tools and resources for addressing panic attacks, compassion fatigue, and grief management during a pandemic or health crisis. This webinar was created by Seven Directions and the Georgia Health Policy Center as part of the Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response grant program, funded by the Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).

Quantifying opioid use disorder Cascade of Care outcomes in an American Indian tribal nation in Minnesota

Reducing opioid overdose deaths in Minnesota: Insights from one tribal nation

Mapping Indigenous Elders for an Equitable COVID-19 Response

The aim of our research is to provide an interactive mapping tool of the distribution and density of AIAN elders across the U.S. in order to inform equitable resource distribution. By informing distribution and the optimization of resources, this mapping tool will enable communities to foster greater resilience and strengthen prevention efforts by distributing resources, like effective COVID-19 vaccinations, where it is most needed and appropriate.

Misinformation Management Field Guide

Strengthening Vaccine Efforts in Indian Country: Results from a National COVID-19 Vaccination Survey

Projet ECHO - COVID-19 Response

Project ECHO, based at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, is a guided-practice model that reduces health disparities in under-served and remote areas of the state, nation, and world. Through innovative telementoring, the ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams lead virtual clinics, amplifying the capacity for providers to deliver best-in-practice care to the underserved in their own communities.

Institute for Healthcare Improvements

The Institute for Healthcare Improvements was founded in 1991 and is dedicated to improving health care systems. This organization provides resources for a range of topics, including telehealth - featuring blog posts, educational opportunities, research and publications, and recorded videos and audio.

Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center offers online training videos addressing use of telemedicine to support behavioral and mental health services.

Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response Program Topical Webinars

Physician Support Line

The Physician Support Line offers free and confidential peer support to American physicians and medical students by creating a safe space to discuss immediate life stressors with volunteer psychiatrist colleagues who are uniquely trained in mental wellness and also have similar shared experiences of the profession.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (est. 1979), is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Indian Country ECHO

Indian Country ECHO is growing a welcoming professional community that enhances providers’ ability to offer American Indian and Alaska Native patients high-quality, specialized care through creating opportunities to collaborate and share knowledge. This resource provides information on managing mental health and wellness related to quarantining, loneliness, stress management, substance use and coping.

Urban Indian Health Institute - Ideas to Adapt Cultural Practices

UIHI conducts research and evaluation, collects and analyzes data, and provides disease surveillance to strengthen the health of American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This resource provides ideas to adapt cultural practices to remain “physically distant but socially close.” This tool may help guide organizational efforts to improve morale among staff and in the community.

John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Resource Library

Founded in 1991 and based in the Department of International Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health supports public health interventions designed for and by Native peoples. This resource library provides Indigenized communications for COVID-19 including: Q&A social media toolkits, radio transcripts, and educational materials for a range of topics. Materials can be circulated by print or web.

The Harvard Project - COVID-19 Toolbox

The Harvard Project (est. 1987), aims to understand and foster the conditions under which sustained, self-determined social and economic development is achieved among American Indian Nations, through applied research and service. This toolbox features a "tip of the day," radio transcripts, fact sheets, community resource, policy briefs and examples of Tribal-led COVID-19 responses.

Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center COVID-19 Materials

This resource provides breaking news, public health alerts for the Southwest area. They also have a collection of indigenized public health education communications for COVID-19, designed for all ages - coloring pages included!

Protect's Me, Protects You

The “Protects Me, Protects You” campaign builds confidence in getting vaccinated in order to reduce transmission of the coronavirus. This campaign provides indigenized graphics and is available in multiple languages.

Illuminative COVID-19 Communication Resources

IllumiNative’s COVID-19 emergency efforts are focused on leveraging communications and culture shifters to help amplify the authentic representation and impact of the pandemic on Native communities through mainstream media. This resource provides COVID-19 specific social media graphics, PSA's and podcasts. They also offer media training and resources for digital education.

WHO Strategic Communication Frameworks for Effective Communications

This guide clearly outlines best practices for customizing public health education communications to improve community uptake, by ensuring that information is relevant and culturally representative.

The Southwest Telehealth Resource Center

The Southwest Telehealth Resource Center (SWTRC) was created to advance the effective use of telemedicine services throughout the Southwest.

Communicating about the COVID-19 vaccines: Guidance and sample messages for public health practitioners

This site has several tips for talking about the vaccine for public health practitioners.

Ruptured Knowledge Ecologies in Indian Country by Marisa Duarte

In preparation for our next Gathering Grounds session, Dr. Duarte has shared her recently published dispatch "Ruptured Knowledge Ecologies in Indian Country".

Gathering Grounds Community Meeting V: Indigenized Communications during COVID-19 Presentation Resources List

The resources in this document were provided by Native Governance Center during their presentation, "Indigenized Communications during COVID-19."

Questions, Considerations, and Tips for Indigenizing Communications by Native Governance Center

Native Governance Center has developed this list of questions to help guide your communications efforts.

Exercise Safe Sweats - Video

Elders are the foundation of our communities, the living legacies of traditions, and they must be KEPT SAFE. Now more than ever is the time to seek out their wisdom on how we can adapt our ceremonies and practices at home. Take a look at this video, "Exercise Safe Sweats."

Noncompetitive Grant: Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response (CDC-RFA-OT20-2004)

This is an emergency notice of funding opportunity in response to the current outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

HRSA Grant Opportunity: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning

HRSA will award approximately 50 grants to rural communities to enhance capacity to address substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder (OUD).

Coronavirus in Indian Country: Latest Case Counts

The charts in this resource represent a joint effort by Indian Country Today, the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA to combat data invisibility.

Health Equity Policy Platform for COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Governmental public health agencies need to be strong, consistent advocates for equity as they work in concert with other local and state authorities to address the novel coronavirus pandemic. HIP collated a cross-sector policy platform for public health to act on the conditions that create inequities in health outcomes.

NIHB COVID-19 Tribal Resource Center

The National Indian Health Board is leading a national effort to advocate and secure resources for Tribes to respond to COVID-19.

Gathering Grounds Community Meeting IV: A Look at Lummi Nation's Response to COVID-19

On April 16, during our Gathering Grounds Community Meeting, we heard from Cristina J. Toledo-Cornell, MD-MPH, Public Health Director of the Lummi Tribal Health Center, about their COVID-19 response. The downloadable resource provides a glimpse at some of Lummi Tribal Health Center's approaches.

COVID-19 Emergency Response Resources for Tribes in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation by Roanhorse Consulting

Roanhorse Consulting is developing a document with COVID-19 Emergency Response Resources for Tribes in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. A draft is available now.

Gathering Grounds COVID-19 Community Meeting III Resources

The following are resources that were shared during the Gathering Grounds: How is your Tribal or Urban Indian community responding to COVID-19? Community Meeting on April 16, 2020. ‍

Gathering Grounds COVID-19 Community Meeting II Resources

The following are resources that were shared during the Gathering Grounds: How is your Tribal or Urban Indian community responding to COVID-19? Community Meeting on April 7, 2020. 

Gathering Grounds COVID-19 Community Meeting I Resources

The following resources were shared during the Gathering Grounds Indigenous Community of Practice meeting on March 26, 2020 by meeting attendees.

NCAI Webpage with COVID-19 Resources for Indian Country

The National Congress of American Indians established a webpage to provide factual information from trusted sources about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States. Check out their site for updates as the situation changes.

Things you can do to reduce spread of COVID-19 in your Tribal community

In this time of the global spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, we must take action to lower the risk of spread. Attached is a brief menu of suggestions for how we can keep our loved ones and our communities safe, until the threat lessens.

Handbook on COVID-19 prevention and treatment best practices

We are passing along this handbook on COVID-19 prevention and treatment best practices from a hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University, with good information based on their experience treating patients. Please take a look and pass on to any family or friends who are health care workers who are now helping with COVID-19.