Elluam Tungiinun (Toward Wellness) is a prevention trial to test the efficacy of the project’s culturally based approach to suicide and substance abuse prevention in three Yup’ik communities in southwest Alaska. The Elluam Tungiinun project uses the Qungasvik (Toolbox) Manual. The Qungasvik has 36 cultural and bicultural activities designed to build protection from suicide and alcohol […]
Reservation
A Sweetgrass Method of Bullying Prevention for Native American Youth
The Sweetgrass Method of Bullying Prevention for Native Youth serves as an instrument and strategy to communicate, collaborate and continue healthy journeys for native people. Native Americans have held sweetgrass as sacred for a very long time. Sweetgrass is used to cleanse the heart so that our hearts feel the truth, grow in harmony and […]
A Holistic Substance Abuse Treatment Model for American Indian & Alaska Native Adolescents
This document is a program description and clinical manual for the Walking In Beauty On the Red Road: A Holistic Cultural Treatment Model (WBRR) for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents and their families. This manual is designed as a foundation for substance abuse treatment programs to develop and replicate residential treatment for American Indian and Alaska Native […]
Enrollment Specialist and Tribal Outreach Positions
Background: High rates of uninsured children, uninsured American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), and uninsured individuals in King County in Washington make outreach and education about CMS programs and eligibility criteria to these populations critical. King County has one of the largest uninsured children’s populations in Washington State. AI/ANs are one of the largest uninsured populations in […]
Benefits Coordination Program
Objective: To promote and elevate the health status of American Indians to the highest level possible by employing qualified, culturally sensitive health professionals to provide affordable and accessible healthcare. Description: A Mental Health Counselor created the Benefits Coordination Form to streamline client benefit enrollment. Before the formation of the Benefits Coordination form in spring of 2012, there […]
Care, Assess, Respond, Empower: High School Suicide Prevention Program
Objective: The goals of Care, Assess, Respond, Empower (CARE) are threefold: to decrease suicidal behaviors, to decrease related risk factors, and to increase personal and social assets. Description: CARE is a high school-based suicide prevention program targeting high-risk youth. CARE assesses the adolescent’s needs, provides immediate support, and then serves as the adolescent’s crucial communication bridge with […]