Projects
| Title | Status | Types | Description | hf:tax:project-status | hf:tax:project-type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Assistance Program | Active | Training | Seven Directions provides free technical assistance (TA) to Indigenous-focused organizations working to address overdose, lung cancer, suicide, impaired driving, and … | active | training |
| Injury and Overdose Prevention in AI/AN Communities | Active | Evaluation, Training | Seven Directions works closely with our partners at Safe States Alliance, National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), and Centers … | active | evaluation training |
| Understanding Drowning Among People at Higher Risk | Active | Research | This is a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded sub-contract (12/11/2024 – 06/30/2025) with the CDC Foundation and in partnership with the CDC, which … | active | research |
| Public Health Capacity Building | Active | Evaluation, Technical Assistance | In consultation with the CDC, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago partnered with Seven Directions, … | active | evaluation technical-assistance |
| Healthy Tribal Nations | Complete | Research | Alcohol control policies, such as strategic limitation of access to alcoholic beverages through limited alcohol sales or other policies, offer … | complete | research |
| What’s in Your Heart | Complete | Research | This research effort included a series of pilot studies testing the acceptability of a trauma-informed evidence-based intervention among Colville parents, … | complete | research |
| Risk Communications | Complete | Technical Assistance | Over 2020 – 2021 we worked with partners at the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona and the Great Lakes Inter … | complete | technical-assistance |
| Data in AIAN OUD | Complete | Research | In 2021, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Native American Program contracted Seven Directions to conduct a foundational review … | complete | research |
| Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response | Complete | Technical Assistance | From 2020 through 2022 we provided technical assistance to tribal teams funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to … | complete | technical-assistance |
| Climate Change & Indigenous Health | Complete | Training | Seven Directions recognizes the urgency of addressing climate change as a determinant of Indigenous Health. We are conducting a scoping … | complete | training |
| GATHER – Growing a Tribal Healing Effort through Research | Active | Research | Seven Directions and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Indigenous Health are collaborating as one of four, NIH-funded, national “Native … | active | research |
| Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS) Strategic Planning & Public Health Re-accreditation | Complete | Technical Assistance | This CDC cooperative agreement with the Cherokee Nation supported a community of practice, strategic planning with Southern Plains Tribal Health … | complete | technical-assistance |
| STARS in Public Health | Complete | Technical Assistance | The goal of the STARS in Public Health project (ended in 2018) was to increase capacity at Native American health … | complete | technical-assistance |
| Our Nations, Our Journeys, Indigenous Public Health Forum | Complete | Conference | Our 2023 ONOJ focused on decolonizing data and opioid overdose prevention approaches developed and implemented within tribal and urban Indian … | complete | conference |
| Tribal Public Health Capacity Recipient Support | Complete | Technical Assistance | Technical AssistanceFrom 2021 – 2022, Seven Directions provided technical assistance through the Strengthening Public Health & Regenerative Knowledge Exchange (SPHRKE) … | complete | technical-assistance |
| Indigenous Social Determinants of Health | Complete | Technical Assistance | This CDC-funded project culminated in the Indigenous Social Determinants of Health curriculum, available at [insert link]. This free resource includes … | complete | technical-assistance |
| Research | Complete | Research | This needs assessment study surveyed healthcare providers and administrators at 27 Indian Health Services and tribal out-patient clinics identifying common … | complete | research |
| Indigenous Public Health Leaders | Complete | Training | The Indigenous Public Health Leadership (IPHL) program was in collaboration between Seven Directions, American Indian Public Health Resource Center at … | complete | training |
| Canoe Journey: Land, water, language and culture for youth wellbeing | Active | Research | The Canoe Journey study is an exploratory study aimed at examining the acceptability and fit of motivational interviewing (MI) and … | active | research |
About Our Practice
The Seven Sacred Directions
Seven Directions was born from a desire to create greater connectivity across the many tribes, communities and organizations that have the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native people at the heart of what they do. We are guided by the “seven directions” of practice: Integration & Holistic Wellness, Culture & Identity, Families & Communities, Respect for Sovereignty, Service, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tribal Governance.
The Seven Sacred Directions serve as an indigenous framework for presenting the strategic directions for the public health agenda.
