Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention
Seven Directions, with the support of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the National Network of Public Health Institutes, has produced an Environmental Scan of “Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Responses: Community-Based Strategies and Public Health Data Infrastructure.” It provides a snapshot of how various tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations are addressing the opioid epidemic in Indian Country.
Among racial groups in the US, American Indians & Alaska Natives experience the second highest fatality rate from opioid overdose.
This scan looks at promising practices being developed and implemented by tribes around the country, the resource and infrastructure challenges they face, as well as the opportunities afforded by cultural resilience and sovereignty. While the current scan was compiled from publicly available information on the internet, annual updates will incorporate other sources of information, and become a more comprehensive living document that will help guide tribal community members, tribal and organizational leaders, and healthcare professionals who are at the forefront of opioid epidemic.
2019-2020 Tribal Opioid Technical Advisory Group (OTAG)
- Clinton Alexander, Director, White Earth Tribal Health
- Christina Arredondo, Medical Director of Specialty Behavioral Health, El Rio CommunityHealth Center; Staff, Pascua Yaqui Tribe New Beginnings MAT program
- Sean Bear, Co-Director, AI/AN ATTC, University of Iowa
- David Begay, Traditional Healer; Associate Professor, Pharmacy Native Environmental Health Equity, University of New Mexico
- Nathan Billy, Director of Behavioral Health Programs, National Indian Health Board
- Adrian Dominguez, Scientific Director, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian HealthBoard
- Dennis Donovan, Retired Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
- Kevin English, Director, Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
- Brenna Greenfield, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health, University of Minnesota
- Dawn Lee, Principal of Dawn Lee Consulting
- Sandra L. Momper, Associate Professor, Social Work, University of Michigan
- Anne H. Skinstad, Co-Director, AI/AN ATTC, University of Iowa