NPAIHB Health News & Notes
Get the latest news on developments for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board! October / November 2005 Summer 2005 Policy Edition - Spring 2005 Policy Edition - Winter 2005
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12/10/25 – Winter Storytelling: Utilizing Culture & Tradition for Adolescent Health
The 60-minute presentation includes an overview and support resources from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) – Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC) adolescent health team. Most importantly, the presentation offered how culture and traditional storytelling can be interwoven ...
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Tribal Youth Resource Center 
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides funds directly to American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to develop programs that prevent and control juvenile delinquency, reduce violent crime, and improve tribal juvenile justice systems. These grants are ...
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11/12/25 – For Native Youth, By Native Youth – Health Promotion Resources for American Indian/Alaska Native Youth & Young Adults
The 60-minute presentation includes an overview and support resources from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) – Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC) adolescent health team comprised of We R Native health promotion resources for Native Youth, by Native ...
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10/8/25 – Raising Healthy Native Youth: AI/AN Adolescent Health Education Tools & Resources for Schools and Communities
The 60-minute presentation includes an overview and support resources from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) – Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC) adolescent health team comprised of the Healthy Native Youth project and its partner, University of Texas ...
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9/10/2025 – Suicide Prevention Resources for American Indian/Alaska Native Youth, Young Adults, Caring Adults & Native Communities
The 60-minute presentation includes an overview and support resources from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) Suicide Prevention Project team comprised of THRIVE, 988 Lifeline, and Zero Suicide Initiative as part of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week (9/7/2025-9/13/2025). ...
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6/11/25 – Implementation Toolbox: Grow
Join us as we take a deep dive into the Grow phase of the Implementation Toolbox. Click here to access the presentation recording (password required) If you would like the password to view the CoP recording, please email native@npaihb.org along with the ...
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5/21/25 – We Are Here Now Toolkit
Join us as we discuss and share the We Are Here Now Toolkit. NenŨnkUmbi/Edahiyedo (We are Here Now or NE) is an evidence-based intervention designed to reduce sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities in American Indian youth ages 14 to ...
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4/9/25 – Opioid Prevention and Resources
Join us as we discuss and share opioid prevention tools, guidance and resources. Click here to access the video (password required). If you would like the password to view the CoP recording, please email native@npaihb.org along with the name or date of ...
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Public health is Indigenous: design and launch of the NW NARCH research academy for American Indian high school students
This article describes the collaborative process of designing the Northwest Native American Research Center for Health (NW NARCH) Research Academy for Native High School students. The Research Academy curriculum utilized socioecological models and theoretical frameworks informed by indigenous pedagogies to ...
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Formative Research to Design and Evaluate Caring Text Messages for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth, College Students, and Veterans
Caughlan C, Kakuska A, Manthei J, Martinez A, DiBianco L, Craig Rushing S. Formative Research to Design and Evaluate Caring Text Messages for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth, College Students, and Veterans. Health Promotion Practice. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/15248399241275610 Caring Text ...
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Healing of the Canoe: Preliminary Suicide Prevention Outcomes Among Participating and Non-Participating Youth
Perkins, T., Lee, B., Mackin, J. et al. Healing of the Canoe: Preliminary Suicide Prevention Outcomes Among Participating and Non-Participating Youth. Prev Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-025-01806-x Healing of the Canoe (HOC) is a community-derived, culturally grounded, and flexible curriculum for Native youth that builds a ...
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