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First Kids 1st Data Resource Book: Helping Native Youth Thrive Through Research and Data

June 1, 2019

The First Kids 1st team believes that the solutions and systems of support for Native youth to thrive reside in four main areas: Healthy Lifestyles; Successful Students; Supportive Environments; and Vibrant Communities.The four areas in the First Kids 1st Data Indicator Framework align with socio-ecological  models that encourage efforts and interventions to focus on individual, social, and environmental factors. Examples of these factors include individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy factors to promote change in individuals (McLeroy, 1988). While the impacts of these areas all interact with each other, the First Kids 1 st team chose these four areas to help define some clear areas for intervention to help Native youth thrive.

Tribal Leadership Series: ICWA Advocacy

November 1, 2018

This guide provides information on the basic requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), its importance, as well as tools and strategies to enhance tribal ICWA advocacy. 

Tribal Leadership Series: Funding Child Welfare Services

November 1, 2018

This document provides information on how to think about funding tribal child welfare program services so that they match community values while leveraging available funding from tribal, federal, and state sources.

Tribal Leadership Series: Youth Engagement

November 1, 2018

This guide provides information for tribal leaders on how to successfully engage youth.

Addressing HIV/AIDS in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

December 31, 2017

This issue brief discusses intervention practices to address HIV/AIDS in America Indian and Alaska Native communities. 

Native Children’s Policy Agenda: A Publication of the First Kids 1st Initiative

March 1, 2017

In this Policy Agenda, we identify guiding policy principles for improving the lives of Native children and provide concrete recommendations for implementation. We have grouped these principles into four overarching themes: Healthy Lifestyles, Supportive Environments, Su ccessful Students, and Vibrant Communities. Within each theme, we identify specific areas of focus and set forth specific Tribal strategies and policy objectives to improve the lives of Native children and youth.

Native Children’s Policy Agenda: Putting First Kids 1st

September 22, 2015

In this policy agenda, we identify guiding policy principles for improving the lives of Native children and provide concrete recommendations for implementation. We have grouped these principles into four overarching themes: Healthy Lifestyles, Supportive Environments, Successful Students, and Vibrant Communities. Within each theme, we identify specific areas of focus and set forth specific tribal strategies and policy objectives to improve the lives of Native children and youth.

2010 Tribal Public Health Profile: Exploring Public Health Capacity in Indian Country

June 4, 2015

The 2010 NIHB Tribal Public Health Profile includes important data about tribal capacity and performance to inform strategies and strengthen efforts to address health disparities and improve health status among American Indians/Alaska Natives.

A Profile of Tribal Health Departments

June 29, 2012

This study uses data to analyze the impacts of Tribal health departments in improving health status and reducing health disparities. 

Healthy Indian Country Initiative Promising Prevention Practices Resources Guide: Promoting Innovative Tribal Prevention Programs

December 31, 2009

This resource identifies and develops Tribal community promising prevention practices with the intent to allow other communities to replicate these practices. This process will also allow Tribal communities to begin to shift from a language of despair to a hopeful language of health and healing.