Abstract

The Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) has become nationally recognized for the quality of its research to reduce disease and promote health among Alaska Native people and its role as a center of excellence in the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with minority populations. The Community Engagement and Clinical Support (CECS) Core has been indispensable in: (1) obtaining regional health corporation approval and tribal agreement to conduct research;(2) participant recruitment and developing clinical data collection protocols;(3) engaging Alaska Native participants in setting CANHR's research agenda;(4) working with community co-researchers to develop culturally relevant and understandable dissemination practices and materials;and (5) building local capacity to conduct research by training local residents as field research assistants. These practices have resulted in trusting and interactive community partnerships leading to the expansion of our research agenda to intervention research. The purpose of the proposed CECS Core is to continue these community partnerships in order to foster research-based knowledge to improve the health of Alaska Native people.
The Specific Aims of the CECS Core include:
Specific Aim 1 : Facilitating and sustaining community-CANHR partnerships by engaging the community in all phases of the research process.
Specific Aim 2 : Supporting researchers in the development and implementation of linguistically and culturally appropriate research protocols.
Specific Aim 3 : Providing technical capacity to collect clinical measures and biological samples in the field for CANHR researchers.
Specific Aim 4 : Processing all biological specimens collected in the field and maintaining a secure biological storage facility for CANHR investigators and Alaska Native participants.

Public Health Relevance

The CECS Core facilitates and supports community-based participatory research by drawing on local community knowledge and scientific expertise to implement and evaluate culturally valid and effective approaches to research in Alaska Native communities. The core shapes CANHR's research by building, facilitating, and sustaining the relationships between CANHR scientists and community members.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30GM103325-02
Application #
8545879
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRR1-RI-B)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2013-07-01
Budget End
2014-06-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$210,506
Indirect Cost
$69,699

  Institution

Name
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Department
Type
DUNS #
615245164
City
Fairbanks
State
AK
Country
United States
Zip Code
99775

  Publications

Au, Nicholas T; Ryman, Tove; Rettie, Allan E et al. (2018) Dietary Vitamin K and Association with Hepatic Vitamin K Status in a Yup'ik Study Population from Southwestern Alaska. Mol Nutr Food Res 62:
O'Brien, Kristin M; Crockett, Elizabeth L; Philip, Jacques et al. (2018) The loss of hemoglobin and myoglobin does not minimize oxidative stress in Antarctic icefishes. J Exp Biol 221:
Ryman, Tove K; Boyer, Bert B; Hopkins, Scarlett E et al. (2018) Association between iq'mik smokeless tobacco use and cardiometabolic risk profile among Yup'ik Alaska Native people. Ethn Health 23:488-502
Sticka, Kendra D; Schnurr, Theresia M; Jerome, Scott P et al. (2018) Exercise Increases Glucose Transporter-4 Levels on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells. Med Sci Sports Exerc 50:938-944
Maurice, Anne-Claire; Philip, Jacques; Bersamin, Andrea (2017) Yup'ik identity and socioeconomic status are associated with child consumption of traditional food and weight in rural Yup'ik communities. Ethn Health :1-11
Koller, Kathryn R; Flanagan, Christie A; Day, Gretchen E et al. (2017) High tobacco use prevalence with significant regional and sex differences in smokeless tobacco use among Western Alaska Native people: the WATCH study. Int J Circumpolar Health 76:1398009
Philip, Jacques; Ryman, Tove K; Hopkins, Scarlett E et al. (2017) Bi-cultural dynamics for risk and protective factors for cardiometabolic health in an Alaska Native (Yup'ik) population. PLoS One 12:e0183451
O'Brien, Diane M; Thummel, Kenneth E; Bulkow, Lisa R et al. (2017) Declines in traditional marine food intake and vitamin D levels from the 1960s to present in young Alaska Native women. Public Health Nutr 20:1738-1745
Fohner, Alison E; Wang, Zhican; Yracheta, Joseph et al. (2016) Genetics, Diet, and Season Are Associated with Serum 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol Concentration in a Yup'ik Study Population from Southwestern Alaska. J Nutr 146:318-25
Philip, Jacques; Ford, Tara; Henry, David et al. (2016) Relationship of Social Network to Protective Factors in Suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder Intervention for Rural Yup'ik Alaska Native Youth. Interv Psicosoc 25:45-54

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