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Ho’ouna Pono

A culturally grounded, video-enhanced, school-based substance use prevention program providing drug resistance strategies to rural Hawai’ian youngsters.

Living in 2 Worlds (L2W)

Living in 2 Worlds (L2W) is a substance use prevention program for urban American Indian (AI) students in 7th and 8th grades.

Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth (MICUNAY)

A culturally based motivational interviewing intervention to reduce alcohol and drug use among urban Native youth.

Native Voices

An HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention program delivered at a 4-day Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) event.

Positive Action (PA)

A school-based, positive youth development program to prevent substance use, violent behavior, and sexual activity among Hawaiian elementary schoolchildren.

Qungasvik

Qungasvik is a culture-based, community-driven intervention to prevent suicide and alcohol misuse among Yup’ik Alaskan youth.

Reward and Reminder (R&R)

A program to reduce convenience store alcohol sales to Native American minors by reminding clerks of laws and rewarding them for requesting ID.

Seventh Generation

An after-school alcohol prevention program for urban American Indian (AI) youth that blends mainstream prevention approaches with culturally appropriate messaging.

Disulfiram Community Treatment Program

An intervention for Navajo adults offering supervised Disulfiram administration, counseling (as needed), and case management.

Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA)

The DARTNA intervention is a drumming behavior therapy that incorporates drumming and talking circles, and uses the 12 Steps of AA and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) programs within the conceptual framework of the Northern Plains Medicine Wheel.

I Mua Mau Ohana

A long-term, residential treatment program for Hawai’ian adolescents that includes culturally-based experiential learning, individual and family therapy, education, and spirituality.

Culturally Tailored Motivational Interviewing and Community Reinforcement Approach (MICRA)

Motivational interviewing (MI) and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) were culturally adapted for American Indians to create MICRA, a substance use treatment intervention.

Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Twelve-Step Facilitation treatments (TSF)

The effectiveness of three evidenced-based treatments (MET, CBT, and TSF) were compared among Native American patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Naltrexone Treatment

Naltrexone, a medication that decreases cravings and urges to use alcohol, was found useful in reducing relapse to drinking among rural Alaskan alcohol dependent patients.

Sacred Journey—Cognitive Processing Therapy

Sacred Journey is a cultural adaptation of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) a cognitive behavioral trauma-focused treatment that uses cognitive restructuring to resolve post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

Sweat Lodge Ceremony (SLC)

Tribally affiliated jail-based treatment staff utilized sweat lodge ceremonies to address alcohol use among incarcerated Native American individuals.

Telephone Aftercare Project

American Indian adults who completed culturally specific residential treatment for alcohol use were provided telephone aftercare contacts upon return to their reservation.

The Shadow Project

The Shadow Project contrasted a culturally enriched adolescent inpatient treatment as usual to an intervention that added a culturally adapted family-based treatment.

Transitional Recovery and Culture Program (TRCP)

American Indian peer mentors in recovery delivered a culturally adapted peer recovery support intervention to American Indians recovering from alcohol misuse.

“Nemi’simk, Seeing Oneself” Intervention Program

An early intervention for alcohol misuse among First Nations youth that integrated traditional cultural knowledge and teachings with established cognitive behavioral strategies.
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