It’s summer time and it is heating up across Indian Country & in Alaska! In June, the 10th Annual Virtual THRIVE Youth Conference 2021 happened! Native youth (ages 13-19 years old) came together for presentations & workshops about social justice, mental health, and art! Participants explored their creativity and passions for health & wellness through cultural identity as prevention. It was fire!
The month of July issue focuses on Culture as Prevention in programming. To be effective, health and wellness interventions must reflect the cultural values, social contexts, and health epistemologies of Native teens and young adults.
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We R Native Teacher’s Guide |
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Get your students actively involved in their own health and wellbeing! The 10-session guide offers fun, interactive lessons for using We R Native’s multimedia health resources with students 13-18 years old. Activities incorporate connection to culture as a protective factor, while covering vital information about suicide prevention, mental health, sexual health, dating and relationships, drug and alcohol use, and bullying. The curriculum is free, no training is required and you can download a copy here. |
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HNY Partners Spotlight:
We R Native & iKnowMine
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We R Native (www.WeRNative.org) is a multimedia health resource – for Native youth, by Native youth. The site includes health & wellness resources that address the social, structural and environmental stressors that influence adolescent health and personal goal setting.
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iKnowmine
A trustworthy health resource
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iKnowmine (www.iKnowMine.org) has been a trustworthy health resource for Alaska Native you(th) and their allies like providers, parents, teachers, aunties and uncles and other trusted adults since 2009. IKM continues their mission to provide information and resources to promote, improve and achieve holistic well-being through quality prevention and education.
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Coming Up: July 14th
Text Messaging Campaigns
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Text Messaging campaigns are all the buzz in public health today! It is especially useful and important for Native people all over Turtle Island. Join us on how Healthy Native Youth, We R Native and Paths (Re)membered teams discuss platforms, best practices and strategies to engage youth, parents, communities and providers. Join us here.
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August Break and CoP 2021-2022 Schedule Coming Soon! |
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The CoP will be taking in the August recess and will kick off a new year in September with a whole new line up of topics, presenters and new resources! If you miss us, check out our previously recorded sessions! |
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Two Spirit & LGBTQ+ Health |
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Paths (Re)membered Social Media |
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The Paths (Re)membered team continues to produce helpful resources. Visit the Two Spirit and LGBTQ Health Page at http://www.npaihb.org/2slgbtq and find the following items for the month of July.
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Native Youth and Technology – 2SLGBTQ+ |
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We R Native surveyed Native teens and young adults on their technology use and health information priorities and preferences. Here’s what they told us! We also contracted with MarketCast to learn more about Native youth’s conversations on social platforms related to health and wellness.
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What can you do to reduce your risk of skin cancer, including melanoma? Avoid indoor tanning, use sunscreen, and stay in the shade during midday hours. Read more here.
Regardless of age, protection of your skin is important. Here are resources for your community.
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As temperatures heat up, it is important to keep safety in mind. Whether out for a boat ride, fishing, or canoe journey, make sure you venture out with knowledge.
Check out these resources for your adventures:
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Healthy Native Youth News |
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The 10th Annual Virtual THRIVE Youth Conference 2021! Native youth (ages 13-19 years old) was held virtually in June and the transformation of participants who attended daily presentations and workshops about social justice, mental health, and art was awe-inspiring! The workshops youth attended allowed them to explore their creativity and passions for health & wellness through cultural identity as prevention!
Stay tuned for their works of art to be unveiled! Until then, here is a MMIW youth created video from 2019 and past THRIVE jams youth created to be found on here, as teasers of the amazing courage our native youth possess within that was released at THRIVE in one week!
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Native It’s Your Game 2.0 |
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A much-needed modernization effort is nearly completed for the Native It’s Your Game (NIYG) middle school sexual health online curriculum. The ease of an HTML/JavaScript platform will be much easier for students to utilize and for educators to implement! Updated and colorful NIYG Factsheets have also been created. An effort to have the curricula on a USB thumb drive is also in the works!
Check out the HNY website for NIYG 2.0 here.
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The Minority Sex Report (MSR) is a Native and Black led space for people of color to have conversations about sexuality, whose mission is to provide representation in sexuality education. MSR hopes to increase sexual knowledge and awareness through education, community collaborations, national presentations, and advocacy by addressing barriers to achieving optimal sexual health for communities of color, as well as intersectional inequalities faced by our communities.
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Alaska Native News and Resources |
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Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson named ANTHC President |
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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Board of Directors named Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson as President, removing interim from the title, effective Monday, June 14.
Davidson is Yup’ik and an enrolled Tribal citizen of the Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council. In 2018, she became the first Alaska Native woman to serve as Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor, after previously serving as Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health & Social Services. In that role, her visionary leadership and ability to manage difficult dialogues, diverse leaders and expansive teams prepared her for this new chapter in her career.
Davidson previously served at ANTHC as Senior Director of Legal and Intergovernmental Affairs and represented Alaska Native communities and their health needs at federal, state, and community levels. Through her education and commitment to Native peoples and the state of Alaska, she has advanced a collective and holistic approach to self-governance and the well-being of all Alaskans.
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HIV Testing Kits and Promotional Posters |
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Alaska organizations and individuals - you can help promote HIV testing by ordering free posters and flyers from iknowmine.org to encourage your community to test for HIV.
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Alaska Infectious Disease ECHO:
HCV-HIV-PrEP-STIs
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Learn prevention strategies, screening, diagnosing, treatment and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Tribal health care providers, case managers, pharmacists and others interested are invited to join. The ECHO series is held virtually the second Tuesday of each month from noon - 1 p.m. The upcoming session on Tuesday, July 13 focuses on Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
For more information about the ECHO series or to view recorded didactic presentations, visit the Alaska Infectious Disease ECHO webpage.
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Back to School – Getting Ready for Implementation |
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