Report on the NW NARCH & Prevention Research Center

NARCH programs overview

• NARCH scholarship program– Faculty (post-doctoral level trainees)– Fellow (Master and Doctoral level trainees)– Scholar (NPAIHB employees)– Intern (practical research experience for students)– Accomplishments over a decade presented

• NARCH Summer Research Training Institute– Established 1995– Three-week intensive research training program– Impact evaluation presented

Trainee Tribe University Program Expected completion

MT Choctaw Portland State Sociology PhD 2014

VG Blackfeet U Montana Cell Biology PhD 2014

JC Turtle Mountain U Minnesota Epi MPH 2013

TA-R Spokane U Washington Epi MPH 2014

AS Navajo U Colorado Epi MPH 2013

KJ Choctaw U Mass Med Anthropology PhD 2015

SL-J Tolowa Portland State Environmental Health MS 2014

ST Lakota/Jemez OHSU Epi/Biostatistics MPH 2014

JB Tlingit U Alaska Epi MPH 2015

MW Navajo U North Dakota Psychology MA 2014

BW S Cheyenne Portland State Health Promotion MPH 12/2012 completed

CBP Lakota Portland State Health Promotion MPH 2014

TC Siletz Marylhurst Health Organization MA 2014

TL Lummi U North Carolina Public Health DrPH 2014

LG Blackfeet Marylhurst Health Management BA 2014

EV Cherokee OHSU Informatics certificate 2014

Current trainees supported by NARCH

NARCH recipient characteristics

Self-reported role in NW NARCH program and highest level of education completed. Total respondents (n=64)

Education Status Faculty Fellow Scholar Intern

2 year college degree0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (50%) 1 (50%)

4 year college degree

0 (0%) 2 (15%) 7 (54%) 4 (31%)

Masters’ degree0 (0%) 16 (48%) 14 (42%) 3 (9%)

Doctoral degree3 (19%) 7 (44%) 5 (31%) 1 (6%)

Total3 25 27 9

NARCH recipient presenting her PhD dissertation

Presentations since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

Please list how many of each type of presentation you have conducted since enrollment in the NW NARCH program. Total respondents (n=64)

Faculty Fellow Scholar Intern Total

Local community setting; workshops; health fairs

28 (9%) 108 (36%) 138 (46%) 27 (9%) 301

Tribal Health Board; IRB; tribal or regional conference or workshop

44 (18%) 77 (31%) 107 (43%) 21 (8%) 249

Abstract presentation at national conference

30 (20%) 26 (17%) 85 (56%) 10 (7%) 151

Posters presentation at national conference

12 (11%) 21 (20%) 51 (49%) 21 (20%) 105

Total114 232 381 79 806

NARCH recipient presenting her work

Publications since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

Please list how many of each type of presentation you have conducted since enrollment in the NW NARCH program. Total respondents (n=64)

Faculty Fellow Scholar Intern Total

Book chapters; co-author of article published in peer reviewed journal 11 (24%) 18 (39%) 14 (30%) 3 (7%) 46

First or second author of article published in peer reviewed journal 8 (13%) 19 (31%) 30 (49%) 4 (7%) 61

Non-peer reviewed manuscripts; article in a newsletter; fliers; educational or program brochure

6 (2%) 74 (24%) 187 (60%) 46 (15%) 313

Total 25 111 231 53 420

NARCH recipient taking a break during the Summer Institute

Grants awarded since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

Please list the total amount of each type of grant you have received since enrolling in the NW NARCH. Total respondents (n=62)

Faculty Fellow Scholar Intern Total

Funded grants from local foundations 0 (0%) 8 (33%) 14 (58%) 2 (8%) 24

Funded grants from national or international foundations 2 (13%) 4 (27%) 9 (60%) 0 (0%) 15

Funded multi-year; entry level federal grant 2 (20%) 2 (20%) 6 (60%) 0 (0%) 10

Funded as a co-investigator on federal grant 10 (32%) 1 (3%) 20 (65%) 0 (0%) 31

Funded as principal investigator on federal grant 2 (20%) 1 (10%) 7 (70%) 0 (0%) 10

Total 16 16 56 2 90

2008 Summer Research Training Institute for American Indian and Alaska Native Health

Professionals Evaluation Results

Center for Healthy CommunitiesOHSU, CDC Prevention Research Center

Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD (Director) and William Lambert, PhD (Associate Director)

*The Center for Healthy Communities at OHSU is a CDC-funded Prevention Research Center (U48 DP001937).

Center Projects• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Prevention Project• The Comparative Effectiveness of Telemedicine to Detect

Diabetic Retinopathy Project• Healthy & Empowered Youth (HEY) Project • Colorectal Cancer Screening Toolkit

  

Partners• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board•Oregon Department of Human Services• OHSU Hearing Research Center• Indian Health Service• Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network• Native American Youth and Family Services• Devers Eye InstituteCenter for Health Communities Staff: Thomas Becker (Director), Tosha Zaback (Program Manager), Nichole Hildebrandt

(Project Manager), Jessica Kennedy (Project Manager), William Lambert (Associate Director)

OHSU, Prevention Research CenterCenter for Healthy Communities

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CB-669Portland, OR 97239

Phone: 503.494.1126Fax: 503.494.7536

Email: oregonprc@ohsu.eduwww.oregonprc.org

 

MissionTo address the health promotion and chronic disease prevention needs of tribal and other underserved communities through community-based participatory

research, and through training, dissemination, and evaluation activities.

Center for Healthy Communities:Listen for Life Campaign

Using Film-making to

Engage Native

American Youth in

Reproductive Health

Improvement

UTILIZE

COMMUNITY

STRENGTHS

• Traditional

knowledge

• Commitment to

wellness

• Respect for elders

• Native pride

• Storytelling

TEACH

• Native STAND

• Film-making and

photography

• Media Literacy

• Native language

DEVELOP YOUTH

ACTIVITIES

• Tribal Council

• Culture

Committee

• Advisory Board

• School Board

Tribal

Leaders

Tribal Health

Services

Tribal

School PRODUCE

VIDEOS

• Oral histories

• Short films

• Billboards

• Posters

DISSEMINATION

• Community events

• Tribal Council meetings

• Wellness Center Meetings

• YouTube and Facebook

HEY project results

• Successful delivery of 28 units of Native STAND curriculum

• Youth are more aware of their bodies and Native STAND allowed them to understand safe sex, pregnancy, and STDs Realize “it could happen to them” and

state that they are motivated to take precautions

Positive shifts in KAB on pre- post-tests• Over 50 films produced and many posted to

YouTube• Youth are presenting their work to others: Tribal

Council, film events, and national conferences• H.E.Y. youth show a basic understanding of

“media literacy” Think about underlying messages and

recognize technical strategies Their new technical skills are reported to

increase feelings of positive identity

Colorectal Cancer

Screening Toolkit

Giant Colon