Happy New Year from the HNY Collective |
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A new year often comes with excitement in the air; a new beginning. However, the global pandemic has not gone away but vaccine distribution in Indian Country and Alaska are encouraging and hopeful to say the least. As patience is further tested, the mantras of “Stay Home. Stay Safe. Save Lives” and “Mask Up!” still applies regardless – the day will come where we can breathe easier, literally!
As we look ahead, the January 2021 HNY e-Newsletter embraces a new year, new resources theme – so enjoy this month’s issue – new year, same HNY, BIGGER GOALS!
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COVID-19 Community Messaging |
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COVID-19 in Indian Country |
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We know it’s been challenging to support youth-friendly COVID messaging – the facts, messages, and local context are constantly changing. The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board has developed a list of resources, including social media posts and print materials that can be placed in your Tribe’s newsletters, papers or websites. Feel free to tweak, adapt or repurpose any of the materials we’ve developed for your needs. Editable articles and Bigfoot campaign images are available for download here. |
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Children can be at greater risk for certain diseases and conditions. Routine childhood vaccines are safe and effective. If you have any questions about vaccinations, talk to your doctor. We can protect our future.
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Credits: Starring The Culbertson family (Modoc/Paiute/Karuk & Northern Arapahoe/Fort Peck Tribes) and Dr. Allison Empey M.D. (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) | Film & Edit Robert A. Cuadra (@elcuad) | Produced by Dr. Erik Brodt, M.D. | Written by: Buffalo Nickel Creative (@buffalo_nickel_creative) | Music TRANSPARENT ISOLATION by Edward Abela, and 100% Clearance through Audiio | In partnership with: @nativehealthohsu @wernative @werhealers @npaihb @elcuad @buffalo_nickel_collective
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HNY New Curricula Highlight |
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BRAVE: A Text Message Intervention
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From 2015-2018, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board carried out formative research to design a multimedia, behavioral intervention to address alcohol misuse, intimate partner violence, and suicidality among AI/AN teens and young adults. The BRAVE intervention models healthy social norms and help-seeking skills, and is the first of its kind using culturally relevant images, narrative role model videos, and help-seeking resources delivered via text message (3 text messages per week for 8 weeks).
Last year, the team conducted a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the intervention with over 1,000 AI/AN teens and young adults ages 15-24 years old nationwide. Results showed that participants experienced improvements in mental health, reductions in A&D misuse, improvements in resilience and coping skills, and better self-esteem – despite delivery in the midst of a pandemic.
To sign up for the text message intervention, youth can text BRAVE to 97779. A facilitator’s manual is available on the Healthy Native Youth website. Health educators can deliver the curriculum in person or virtually in one of three ways:
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Option 1: Self-Reflection Activity + Youth Sign Up to receive the video series and Text Message Series (total activity time = 10-30 minutes)
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Option 2: Facilitator shows the full-length video beginning to end, followed by a 35-minute individual activity and discussion (45 minutes)
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Option 3: Facilitator shows one of the 7 episodes of the BRAVE video, followed by a 30-minute group activity (45 minutes each, 7 lessons)
Sign-up yourself, or share it with a teen or young adult in your life.
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HNY New Virtual Adaptation Resource |
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New Virtual Adaptation Guides |
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The Virtual Adaptation Guide is designed to support educators and health advocates who are adapting in-person programming to virtual implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. HNY has heard from many educators, Tribes and youth-serving organizations that they are struggling to adapt their existing youth programming. The HNY Virtual Adaptation Guide and the corresponding Virtual Adaptation Workbook are meant to provide basic guidance and resources to help you transition during this unprecedented time.
The guide and workbook are designed to help make the transition quick and easy while being responsive to curriculum implementation needs. The Guides can be found under the HNY Resources & Support Tab on the website or click below to view the guides!
Virtual Adaptation Guides
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HNY Curricula Updates and Additions in 2021 |
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If you haven't checked out the Healthy Native Youth website and educator portal lately – go for it! You will see new additions to our Curricula and Lessons section of the website! In 2021, HNY will be updating and modernizing curricula favorites, such as: Native It’s Your Game (NIYG)
and Native Students Together Against Negative Decisions (STAND). You will also notice new curricula additions spanning from Positive Indian Parenting to Gen Matters for Native Youth (GEN-M Native) to We R Native Facilitator’s Guide Virtual Adaptation Workshop Training videos.
Lastly, view the latest additions to the HNY Enhancement Activities! Too many to name here but take your pick and add them to your HNY educator toolbox of ideas for your youth programming!
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HNY Community of Practice |
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Upcoming Session: Substance Misuse and Help-Seeking Skills
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Healthy Native Youth's Community of Practice is kicking off the new year with an important topic! Join us on January 13th for a session titled: Substance Misuse and Help-seeking skills.
Connect with us and join future monthly sessions - text HEALTHY to 97779 today or view the upcoming 2021 CoP line up - and get our 2021 CoP schedule on your calendar!
In case you missed It! Check out our December 2020 recorded sessions by clicking HERE!
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HNY Project Partner Spotlight |
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) |
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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 180,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.
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Newly redesigned iknowmine.org Website |
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iknowmine.org has been a trustworthy health resource for Alaska Native you(th) and their allies, such as providers, parents, teachers, aunties, uncles and other trusted adults since 2009. In response to community feedback, the ANTHC HIV/STD Prevention Program has redesigned and expanded its website to provide holistic health education and additional resources to promote healthy lifestyle choices. A large aspect of this has been the improved online store, where youth, educators and partners can order condoms, safe medicine disposal kits, harm reduction kits and so much more. The iknowmine.org team looks forward to continually improving website content and resources, particularly in regards to culturally responsive materials.
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Meet Hannah Warren, MPH
New HIV/STD Prevention Program Manager at ANTHC
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Hannah Warren (she/her/hers) is the new HIV/STD Prevention Program Manager joining the ANTHC Wellness and Prevention Department. She is an enrolled citizen of the Chevak Quissunamiut Tribe from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Census Area. Her maternal grandparents, Peter Friday Sr. and Helen Friday (Mathias) and her mother, Lorina Warren (Friday) are originally from Chevak. Her paternal grandparents, Babe Warren and Gladys Warren (Kaur) and her father, David Warren, are from the Nebraska/Colorado area.
A lifelong Alaskan, Hannah has been passionate about providing public health education to Alaskans from a young age. Hannah is an advocate for incorporating cultural competency and trauma-informed care into services for Alaskans. In her spare time, Hannah enjoys walking her dog (Skittles), spending time with family, reading books and participating in subsistence activities. Her latest subsistence activity includes learning how to collect and dry beach grass, which she will use to practice weaving with for the first time this winter.
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The Year 2020 is behind us in the rear view mirror. Now, we have today and we hope for tomorrow. HNY would like to share a #indigiLOVE begins with I! campaign poem written by a native youth in closing-- good thoughts, good words, good medicine – as we face 2021 head on.
Together, we will, grow stronger!
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