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December 2024
Storytelling, Reflection, and Gratitude
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The month of December marks the end of the calendar year, winter solstice, and a time for reflection. The Healthy Native Youth End-of-Year eNewsletter includes our collective gratitude, as we look forward to a new year and a new beginning in 2025. Season's Greetings from us to you!
Hear a reflection from Taylor Dean, who was featured last month in the We R Native Inspired Role Models playlist.
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Year 2024 Accomplishments | |
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board's (NPAIHB) Adolescent Health team and regional partners have been reflecting on our collective work and program successes in 2024. Let’s celebrate them together! | |
Healthy Native Youth includes culturally-relevant health curricula, tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth, parents and communities. Healthy Native Youth's 2024 accomplishment infographics tells the 8 year story of a growing movement of interested health educators, parents, and caring adults who engage native youth. | |
We R Native is a comprehensive multimedia health resource - for Native youth, by Native youth – promoting holistic health and positive youth development. We R Native’s Year 2024 accomplishment infographic demonstrates how We R Native is a force in health promotion for today’s native teens and young adults. | |
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The popular “Ask Your Relative” Q & A service also received kudos last month, in the form of a journal publication! Click to read the positive impacts being made by We R Native:
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Last year, the NPAIHB launched a one-stop shop for Indigenized health education materials, that can help communities bolster health education efforts in AI/AN settings. Find culturally relevant, modern, and accurate health education materials at Native Health Resources. | |
Tribal Health: Reaching Out InVolves Everyone (THRIVE) | |
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THRIVE is a mental health and suicide prevention resource for American Indian/Alaska Native people and communities.
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Boarding School Toolkit for Healing for those who work in AI/AN communities with information, resources, and suggested activities for talking about and healing the generational traumatic impacts boarding schools have had on AI/AN individuals, families, and communities.
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THRIVE Youth Conference 2024: Marks 10+ successful years! | |
New 988 Native & Strong Lifeline Videos: Help bring awareness to these call centers and destigmatize calling the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. | |
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Caring Text Messages Year 2024 Story
Caring Text Messages (CTM) is an evidence-based intervention, designed by the NPAIHB, modeled after the Caring Contacts. Caring Contacts has been shown to prevent suicide deaths, attempts, ideation, and hospitalizations in a variety of settings.
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Read the THRIVE journal article describing the development of the popular Caring Text Message Campaign for AI/AN teens, college students, and veterans (tailored for each audience).
Text Subscribers: 734 Youth | 211 College |75 Veterans
Caring Messages Analytics:
- 140,000 impressions
- 1,773 Profiles on Social Media
THRIVE continues to support in creative and innovative ways!
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Implementation Toolbox: Prepare & Implement
Join us Wednesday, December 11th
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This month’s Community of Practice (CoP) tomorrow (12/11/24) will highlight the Prepare & Implement phases of the Implementation Toolbox. Join us as we hear from the toolbox creators and from educators who will share best practices delivering health curricula.
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Next Year's Line Up!
January to June 2025
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We are excited to announce next year's Community of Practice. Sign up now to add the “save-the-dates” to your calendar.
Put on your thinking cap and start gearing up for second semester, planning ahead for spring and summer 2025!
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Learning Through Storytelling | |
Visit this visual story map from the Washington Youth Sexual Health Innovation and Impact Network that highlights the innovative projects of our tribal partners: the Nisqually Health Department, Quinault Indian Nation Education Department, Tulalip Community Health Department, and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. These initiatives aimed to improve youth access to sexual health services and address specific community health needs. | |
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New Year and New Beginnings
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