Report on the NW NARCH & Prevention Research Center

1. Report on the NW NARCH & Prevention Research Center

2. 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

3. Current trainees supported by NARCH

4. NARCH recipient characteristics

5. NARCH recipient presenting her PhD dissertation

6. Presentations since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

7. NARCH recipient presenting her work

8. Publications since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

9. NARCH recipient taking a break during the Summer Institute

10. Grants awarded since enrollment in the NW NARCH program

11. 2008 Summer Research Training Institute for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Professionals Evaluation Results

12. 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. • 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 Institute Center for Healthy Communities OHSU, CDC Prevention Research Center Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD (Director) and William Lambert, PhD (Associate Director) Center for Health Communities Staff: Thomas Becker (Director), Tosha Zaback (Program Manager), Nichole Hildebrandt (Project Manager), Jessica Kennedy (Project Manager), William Lambert (Associate Director) • 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 • OHSU, Prevention Research Center • Center for Healthy Communities • 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CB-669 • Portland, OR 97239 • Phone: 503.494.1126 • Fax: 503.494.7536 • Email: oregonprc@ohsu.edu • www.oregonprc.org *The Center for Healthy Communities at OHSU is a CDC-funded Prevention Research Center (U48 DP001937).

13. Center for Healthy Communities:Listen for Life Campaign

15. Using Film-making to Engage Native American Youth in Reproductive Health Improvement

16. DEVELOP YOUTH ACTIVITIES • Tribal Council • Culture Committee • Advisory Board • School Board UTILIZE COMMUNITY STRENGTHS • Traditional knowledge • Commitment to wellness • Respect for elders • Native pride • Storytelling Tribal Leaders Tribal Health Services TEACH • Native STAND • Film-making and photography • Media Literacy • Native language Tribal School PRODUCE VIDEOS • Oral histories • Short films • Billboards • Posters DISSEMINATION • Community events • Tribal Council meetings • Wellness Center Meetings • YouTube and Facebook

17. 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

18. Colorectal Cancer Screening Toolkit

19. Giant Colon