The month of March begins with Self Injury/Harm Awareness Day.

It is important to collectively come together as a community to raise awareness of self-harm and the underlying issues that impact the mind, the body and the spirit. 

March 20^th is National Native AIDS Awareness Day -- another symbolic day to promote health education, testing, treatment and prevention.

View a culturally relevant 30-second Get Yourself Tested video:

This month’s issue has culturally-relevant curricula, implementation ready-to-use tools and free resources to use in your office, counseling center, local school and/or community settings.

Lets make the invisible, visible – dispelling the myths and fear with calls for action and health education for health & wellness! 

Coming Up: Swab Squad to the Rescue!

HIV/STI at-home testing resources for youth & communities!

Register and join us!

Learn from the Project Red Talon Regional Partner Network working to eliminate HIV, STIs, HCV and SUD in Indian Country and Alaska! And, the new Native Health Resources website for youth, families and communities for your health promotional needs.

Curriculum Spotlight: Safe in the Village

Designed for Alaska Native Youth & Young Adults 

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a regional partner to the Healthy Native Youth collective.

iknowmine.org designed a curriculum for middle school, high school and young adults that covers health topics such as alcohol and drug prevention, healthy relationships, and sexual health. The movie utilizes actors to display rural Alaska life and navigating peer pressure.

View the Safe in the Village Trailer Video

It demonstrates how decisions affect one’s future and the importance of having trusted adults and goals in life.

View the SITV curriculum and consider it for your school or community viewing. 

Implementation Toolbox: Class Attendance Sheet

Track Your Student’s Learning Journey

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board coordinates the Healthy Native Youth project collective that has collaborated to create the Implementation Toolbox educator portal.

The one-stop shop website has planning tools, adaptable resources, and motivational stories from the field about youth engagement strategies and lessons learned while working to uplift Native youth in sexual health education and access to health services.

Watch a Story from the Field Video!

Consider implementing a health curriculum in your community and experience the joy where everyone learns! 

Text Message Campaign Spotlight: STEM to 94449

For Youth & Young Adults: Inspiring the Next Native Generation in Workforce Pathways

We R Native (www.WeRNative.org) is a multimedia health resource designed for Native youth, by Native youth. We R Native has text messaging campaigns to plant the seed in youth to vision about giving back.

• Text STEM to 94449: Youth can connect to Native professionals who work in STEM fields. The goal is to elevate and re-affirm Native voices in science, technology, engineering, and math.

• Text HEALER to 94449: Youth can connect with a personal native coach and learn about resources, tips, and ideas to help navigate to become a healer.

• Text INSPIRE to 94449: Youth will hear diverse Indigenous voices, and the pathways they can take to work in public health. People who work in public health are community protectors.

Seeing is believing and in this era of Indian self-determination, youth voices, energy, and interest in healing can help native communities grow, thrive and flourish!

Tip: Encourage youth and young adults to text STEM to 94449 this month!

Narcan 5-minute Training Video

Culturally Appropriate Learning 5-Step Tool for All 

The Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) team has developed an animated video that shows how to recognize an opioid overdose, how to use Narcan to reverse an overdose, and steps to stay safe when faced with a fentanyl overdose.

You can view the video by scanning the QR code, or by viewing it on YouTube here. This video and all other substance use related resources can be found on our TOR webpage here.  

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

March 18^th - 24th

Starting March 18^th through March 24^th, we are bringing awareness to substance use within youth during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week.

The TOR team has developed drug flashcards to help youth learn about different substances, how they affect the body, and which substances Narcan can be used to reverse the overdose. 

Host An Intern: Middle/High School or College Age

Seeking Sites and Mentors for Spring & Summer Opportunities

The Adolescent Health team at the NPAIHB is thrilled to support Native youth interested in pursuing Public Health professions.

Please consider hosting, mentoring, or supervising student interns this spring/summer.

The site supervisor can determine the timing and duration of the internship. For example, internships lengths vary from one or two weeks (meeting or shadowing all day), and others last all summer (working a few hours per week).

For more information, contact Healthy Native Youth Outreach Specialist, Taylor Dean (they/them | Puyallup) at email: tdean@npaihb.org.

Interested in hosting students?

Please fill out our Public Health Internship Site Application:



https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PublicHealthInternships

Native Youth Voices on Future Health Careers 2023 AISES Poll Results Express Interest

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board partnered with We Are Healers to poll Indigenous students at the 2023 American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) national conference in Spokane, Washington.

The results show Native students are interested in careers in the health field!

To encourage the next generation of public health, youth and young adults can text "INSPIRE" to 94449 or visit weRnative.org to sign up at the bottom of the homepage.

STI Awareness Month

National Public Health Week (4/1 - 4/7)

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (4/10)

www.healthynativeyouth.org

www.npaihb.org/thrive

www.wernative.org

www.pathsremembered.org

www.npaihb.org/project-red-talonpprojec

www.indiancountryecho.org

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