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This brief features four models of tribal promising practices that address Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose prevention. This brief serves as a resource and dissemination tool for the four models to reach other tribal and urban Indian communities of practice exploring approaches to incorporate into their programs.

This brief updates the Environmental Scan (2019) and the Models of Tribal Promising Practices brief (2020) with COVID-19-induced and telehealth-specific programmatic pivoting for Substance Use Disorder / Opioid Use Disorder (SUD/OUD) - Opioid Overdose Prevention (OOP) services that many tribes, tribal programs, tribal epidemiology centers (TECs) and urban Indian organizations undertook in 2020 and 2021.

The purpose of this toolkit is to add to the compendium of tribal and urban Indian opioid overdose prevention summaries provided in An Environmental Scan of Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Responses (2019) and Models of Tribal Promising Practices (2020) by describing specific approaches to working with diverse groups within tribal and urbanIndian communities. Seven Directions, in partnership with the National Network of Public Health Institutes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC), aims to support tribes and urban Indian organizations with tailored and inclusive opioid overdose prevention programming resources for diverse AIAN groups. This toolkit provides tailored resources for supporting tribal and urban Indian community members who also are members of LGBTQ2S+ communities, youth, elders, and / or veterans.

Seven Directions, in partnership with the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) and the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC), created a Risk Communication Toolkit for Tribes to develop or improve their health risk communication efforts. This Toolkit has resources and examples of effective communication for Indigenous communities related to suicide, adverse childhood experiences, and intimate partner violence.

In this report we highlight our 2020 Gathering Grounds activities.

While Indigenous evaluation approaches have been documented for use in educational settings, for violence prevention, for youth well-being, and for other Indigenous public health outcomes, there hasn’t been an actionable guide for implementing Indigenous evaluation approaches. To help you apply Indigenous evaluation approaches, this training translates Indigenous values and knowledge into a cyclical learning process with actionable steps that teams can work through at their own pace.

https://www.nwcphp.org/training/seven-directions-indigenous-evaluation-toolkit-training

Intended to be used in tandem with the Indigenous Evaluation Toolkit, this guide provides examples from Indigenous communities addressing Adverse Childhood Experience prevention.

Intended to be used in tandem with the Indigenous Evaluation Toolkit, this guide provides examples from Indigenous communities addressing suicide prevention.

This article was recommended by Dr. Joan LaFrance to supplement the Indigenous Evaluation Training Series.

Reference

Luo, L. P., Liu, Y., & Liu, Y. (2018). Spirituality matters: The role of religion in development project evaluation in the Tibetan communities in China. In F. Cram, K. A. Tibbetts, & J. LaFrance (Eds.), Indigenous Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, 159, 97–105.

This document summarizes the Q&A session that happened after the presentation, "Introduction to the Four Foundations of Indigenous Evaluation."

Intended to be used in tandem with the Indigenous Evaluation Toolkit, this guide provides examples from Indigenous communities addressing DUI prevention.

This article was recommended by Dr. Joan LaFrance to supplement the Indigenous Evaluation Training Series.

This chapter was recommended by Dr. Joan LaFrance to supplement the Indigenous Evaluation Training Series.

This resource was recommended by Dr. Joan LaFrance to supplement the Indigenous Evaluation Training Series.

This document summarizes the discussion section of the presentation, "Introduction to the Four Foundations of Indigenous Evaluation."

Dr. LaFrance has offered an additional reading list to supplement the Indigenous Evaluation Training.

A step-by-step guide for public health practitioners

This guide is intended for use by local public health departments and their partners in all functions of public health practice: assessment, assurance, and program/policy development. Participatory approaches to multimedia making such as digital stories and photovoice are a process that increases the validity of data and information being used to accomplish these functions because they center community engagement and voice. The validity of the data and information for program design and policy development, in turn increases its effectiveness and impact on public health.

The communities most impacted by health disparities and inequities have the knowledge and experience to identify contributing factors, both risk and protective, and social determinants of health impacting their community. Effective programs and policies that result from collaborations with community members to create stories and images of their truths and realities contribute to strengthening local public health systems.

This Data Storytelling Guide was prepared by the National Association of City & County Health Officials, Creative Narrations, and Seven Directions.

The Becoming Butterfly framework is promising practice for sustainable tribal health system transformation through performance management practices.  It draws on Indigenous models of healing and proposes a community-centered, public health approach to transform Indigenous health systems. This document highlights key components of this approach. With Redstar International.

This presentation was the second of three webinars in the Becoming Ka Ma Ma: A Journey of Health System Transformation series. The goal of this webinar was to share an Indigenous model and tool for performance management. A model that may be used by tribal nations in their health systems integration and alignment efforts.

This was the first of three webinars in the Becoming Ka Ma Ma: A Journey of Health System Transformation series. This webinar described the Becoming Ka Ma Ma approach, based on the Gathering of Native Americans (GONA), for systems change or transformation.

The Case for Tribal Public Health Institutes, Tribal Public Health Feasibility Institute, Redstar Innovations

Official standards, measures, required documentation, and guidance blueprint for PHAB national public health department accreditation

Redstar Innovations and National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Redstar Innovations and National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Gray Horse Strategies

This Tribal Health Governance Transformation Resource is a practical guide to enhance tribal governance and public health law, build strategic partnerships, and improve community health. This resource draws upon Indigenous models of nation building and healing to promote cultural and political sovereignty, and redefine and strengthen governance for health. With Redstar Innovations.

Cultivating A Culture Of High Performance And Quality: Lessons Learned from the Three Sisters - Corn, Squash & Beans

A research study funded by Grant R01AA028236 from the National Institutes of Health to analyze tribal alcohol policy environments and assess alcohol policy environments by outcomes.

Click here to access the study