Friday, March 21, 2025
3/21/2025
The purpose of this 5-year project is to address one of the Nations top substance abuse prevention priorities - underage drinking among persons aged 9-20 and two additional data-driven substance abuse priorities such as marijuana, cocaine or methamphetamine. This project will work with four tribes in the IHS Albuquerque Area (New Mexico and Colorado) to reduce underage drinking and substance use. We will partner with two programs at the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board - Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center and the SAMHSA Native Connections Intergenerational Intertribal Positive Directions for Native Health Program. In collaboration with key partners at AAIHB and Tribes, the project proposes three major aims. (1) Prevent the use, injury, and death of AI/AN children due to underage drinking and/or drug use via the Protecting You, Protecting Me curriculum; (2) Provide mental health promotion, trauma-informed practice and substance misuse awareness. A comprehensive apporach to improve the well-being of the community involves creating community-wide awareness to fight stigma, provide support, and educate people about the mental health and substance misuse/use; (3) Increase community engagement and capacity to address underage drinking and substance misuse/use in the community. The project team will identify, develop, and train the Tribal Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (TEOW) to use data to inform and enhance the Tribal community decisions regarding program activties. The TEOW will be made up of appropriate representatives from Public Health, mental/behavioral health, drug enforcement, criminal justice, education agencies, youth groups, and other service providers.
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