Links - AI/AN Related

Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention in Native Communities Exit Disclaimer
This project is funded by CDC for five years to provide capacity building assistance (CBA) to Native communities, Tribal Health Departments, State Health Departments, other CDC funded CBAs and organizations serving Native Americans (defined as American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). Their directive is to assist communities who are providing HIV/AIDS related services to increase their capacity for HIV/AIDS prevention.

Alaska Native Health Board Exit Disclaimer
Alaska Native Health Board HIV/AIDS Project. The Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB) provides capacity-building assistance to Native villages, communities, and organizations throughout Alaska for HIV prevention. Site includes contact information and program descriptions of ANHB member organizations and “Hot Links,” links to the most important health issues facing Alaska Natives.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANMC) Exit Disclaimer
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a tribally managed and operated nonprofit organization responsible for providing certain statewide health services for Alaska Natives. In particular their HIV/AIDS program cares for many patients across Alaska including remote villages and lands. The HIV/AIDS Clinic and staff are located both in and near the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska.

The American Indian Community House (AICH) Exit Disclaimer
A 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization serving the health, social service, and cultural needs of Native Americans residing in New York City. In 1991, AICH instituted the HIV/AIDS Project to provide HIV related services through outreach, referral and case management. Site features calendar of events, descriptions of AICH services, and resource list including Native American Leadership Commission on Health & AIDS (NALCHA) News.

Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) Exit Disclaimer
The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) and the Texas / Oklahoma AIDS Education Training Center (TOAETC) are collaborating to provide training for health professionals and health care providers.  The training will introduce health providers to basic HIV/AIDS information, lay the groundwork for recruitment of clinicians and other health care personnel for preceptorships, and begin data collection or training needs specific to health care in hospital and clinic settings.  Additionally, the partnership will assess the training needs of the providers, identify health professionals and provide an in-depth training to identify individuals at risk for HIV.  To provide HIV/AIDS education and healthy awareness information to Native Americans with a special emphasis on Native American youth in coordination with Native American communities, tribes, tribal colleges, Native American youth programs, AAIP physicians, and other HIV/AIDS health care providers.

Call Upon Your Spirit of Courage Exit Disclaimer
An HIV prevention media campaign for AI/AN developed by the North Dakota Department of Health. Includes radio spots, brochures, newspaper ad, video.

Kauffman and Associates (KI) Exit Disclaimer
IHS Contractor funded through Minority AIDS Initiative proposal from the IHS Division of Behavioral Health and in support of the Indian Health Service Director’s three health initiatives. Execute Behavioral Health HIV/AIDS regional trainings, in collaboration with the IHS HIV/AIDS Principal Consultant, the Office of Urban Indian Health Programs, HRSA, SAMHSA, NIH’s Office of AIDS Research and the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center.

Health Resources on AI/AN– National Library of Medicine

HIV/STD Prevention Guidelines for Native American Communities
These guidelines were jointly produced by the Rural Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention (RCAP) and the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAPPC) in 2004. The guidelines provide background and technical information specific to working with Native American communities to prevent HIV/AIDS.

Indigenous Peoples Task Force Exit Disclaimer
Indigenous Peoples Task Force (formally Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. The vision is to "Strengthen and Enhance the Health and Education of Native People". We also provide education services to prevent the transmission of HIV and to provide direct services to Native Americans and their family members living with HIV.

Intertribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) Exit Disclaimer
The Regional STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (RSHAPP) formed in 1989 by the ITCA to respond to the increasing HIV/AIDS disparity among American Indian tribes in Arizona, Utah and Nevada. In 2004, the RSHAPP transitioned into a national program (NSHAPP) with the acquisition of funding through the CDC making it a national HIV capacity building assistance (CBA) provider.

Native American Community Health Center (NACHC) Exit Disclaimer
Established to provide primary health care, behavioral health and ancillary services to the urban, non-reservation Native Americans residing within the greater metropolitan Phoenix area.

Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center (NAWHERC) Exit Disclaimer
Provides health education materials for a variety of health issues including HIV/AIDS. Located on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, NAWHERC was the first resource center located on a reservation in the US. Site includes action alerts.

National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) Exit Disclaimer
Advocating for quality, accessible healthcare for American Indians and Alaska Natives living in Urban communities.

Native Health Databases Exit Disclaimer
The University of New Mexico sponsors these two online databases: The Native Health History Database and the Native Health Research Database. They contain bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The databases provide information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American indigenous peoples.

National Indian Women's Health Resource Center Exit Disclaimer
Administers the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Cooperation Agreement Project which is funded by the Office of Minority Health.  The goal of this project is to raise awareness and educate American Indian families of the risk factors associated and contributing to the contraction of HIV/AIDS by providing culturally appropriate health education materials and trainings on how to reduce an individual and communities risk of becoming infected.

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) Exit Disclaimer
To address the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through culturally appropriate advocacy, research, education, and policy development in support of healthy Indigenous people.

National STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (NSHAPP) Exit Disclaimer
A project of the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona. It is CDC-funded national capacity building assistance (CBA) provider that delivers targeted CBA services to American Indians/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiians, State Health Departments, community based organizations (CBO) and local Community Planning Groups (CPG) across the United States.

Navajo AIDS Network Exit Disclaimer
Serves as a volunteer organization that provides unique, culturally appropriate and carefully constructed approaches to HIV prevention services around the Navajo Nation.

Northwest Portland Indian Health Board Exit Disclaimer
"In A Sacred Manner We Shall Live" -- Project Red Talon (PRT) is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PRT is responsible for providing HIV/STD prevention education, training, technical assistance, capacity building, and resource materials to federally recognized American Indian tribes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Site includes overviews of major health issues/concerns facing American Indians, Tribal profiles, resource list and information about the Portland Area Indian Health Service Institutional Review Board.

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS Exit Disclaimer
(Formerly Body Positive) continues commitment to building awareness locally and regionally. It deals in areas of research, prevention, education and wellness for people affected by HIV/AIDS. This nonprofit organization delivers all three services in what it coins as an "individual health, individual help" model. It provides the public with knowledge to prevent this disease while providing critical resources to help individuals live long and well with HIV. Since inception, the organization has grown in scope to address the shift in reported cases of HIV/AIDS that have erupted among minority women, adult men as well as youth.

The Tribal BEAR Projects Exit Disclaimer
A project of the Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC). Tribal BEAR (Building Effective AIDS Response) Project provides tribal clinics with HIV/AIDS trainings. In collaboration with the Salish Kootenai College of the Flathead Reservation in Montana and the South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency in Washington State, it works with tribal health clinics to build HIV Response Teams. They bring together multidisciplinary healthcare workers to provide comprehensive health care to AI/AN with HIV/AIDS. The Tribal BEAR Project also brings together resources, both on and off the reservation.

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