The goal of the NARCH IX White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT)- Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Administrative Core is to coordinate functions across the 4 NARCH projects proposed in this application, including: 1) Student and Faculty Development Project; 2) Research Project 1: Trauma-Informed assessment and treatment: Feasibility of a Common Elements Intervention to decrease Apache substance use and suicide; 3) Research Project 2: My Health, My Future: Promotion of protective sexual health practices among Apache youth and young adults through an assets-based self-care intervention; and 4) Research Project 3: Developing and evaluating a culturally grounded ?Mother-Daughter? intervention to promote protective factors and reduce early substance use among Apache girls. Core administrative functions will include the following: Management and Facilitation of the NARCH IX Community Advisory Board; Coordination of Communication among Proposed Student/Faculty and Research Components; Oversight of Federal Reporting and Fiscal Management Responsibilities; Oversight of Data Safety Monitoring; Oversight of Confidentiality Protections; Oversight of Evaluation and Long-Term Strategic Planning; Continuous Development of Resources to Expand and Sustain the Training, Mentoring And Research Initiatives; Dissemination of Information on NARCH Training and Research Progress.
NARCH IX will build on the successful partnership between WMAT and JHU to advance the tribe's sovereignty in health research and education. We are creating a future where community members will lead our health agencies and research agenda. NARCH has been a way to change research from a tool that once exploited Native people to an agent of change for future health and well-being.
