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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using the Healthy Native Youth Implementation Toolbox to Provide Web-Based Adolescent Health Promotion Decision Support to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Implementation Study

Sidhu A, Shegog R, Craig-Rushing S, Trevino N, Singer M, Jessen C, Gorman G, Simpson S, Peskin M, Hernandez B, Markham CUsing the Healthy Native Youth Implementation Toolbox to Provide Web-Based Adolescent Health Promotion Decision Support to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Implementation StudyJMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67885doi: 10.2196/67885 PMID: 40239201 PMCID: 12017605

Ask Your Relative: A mixed method analysis of the Sexual Health and Healthy Relationship Q&As submitted by American Indian Alaska Native young adults.

Rushing, S.C., Kakuska, A.G., Manthei, J. et al. Ask Your Relative: A mixed method analysis of the Sexual Health and Healthy Relationship Q&As submitted by American Indian Alaska Native young adults. BMC Public Health 24, 3067 (2024).

Indigenous Approaches for Implementation Science in HIV Prevention and Care

Systematic review of implementation research conducted in Indigenous communities in the Americas and the Pacific that focus on improving delivery of HIV preventive or treatment services. Highlights strengths and opportunities in the literature and outline principles for Indigenous-led, HIV-related implementation ...

Mind4Health: Decolonizing Gatekeeper Trainings Using a Culturally Relevant Text Message Intervention

The Healthy Native Youth Implementation Toolbox: Using Implementation Mapping to adapt an online decision support system to promote culturally-relevant sexual health education for American Indian and Alaska Native youth

Centering Native Youths' Needs and Priorities: Findings from the 2020 Native Youth Health Tech Survey

Assessing the Usability, Appeal, and Impact of a Web-Based Training for Adults Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Pilot Suicide Prevention Study

JMIR Ment Health 2020;7(1):e14949; DOI: 10.2196/14949

Tribal recommendations for designing culturally appropriate technology-based sexual health interventions targeting Native youth in the Pacific Northwest

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 19(1), 76-101. doi: 10.5820/aian.1901.2012.76