Meditation Course Helps Native Americans Sustain Recovery
July 23, 2009 | Story
Marlatt and colleagues conducted a study in a prison in Seattle in which inmates were given the opportunity to participate in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.
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Not Just the End of the Trail
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Norton Sound Health Corporation (an Alaskan Native health care organization) provided training in substance abuse counseling and prevention to paraprofessional, village-based counselors.
Native Americans and RWJF Staff Discuss Addiction Treatment in Native American Communities
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
Native American Connections convened a meeting to help RWJF identify opportunities to target addiction treatment initiatives to Native American populations, particularly through its program, Advancing Recovery.
Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico
January 1, 2003 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.
Targeting Commercial Tobacco in the Navajo Nation
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
With funding from RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project spearheaded an ambitious effort to curb the use of commercial tobacco among the 300,000-member Navajo Nation.
Validity of the CRAFFT in American-Indian and Alaska-Native Adolescents
September 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Screening for Drug and Alcohol Risk
Culturally Sensitive Counseling, in and Out of Jail, Shows Promise in Navajo Area
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the University of New Mexico (UNM) studied the effectiveness of the San Juan County DWI Facility to deter drunken driving in San Juan County, N.M.
Group Fights Back Against Alcohol Abuse in Native American Community in New Mexico
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back worked to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties, a 15,000 square mile region with a large Native American population.
Cherokee Nation Project Promotes Fitness to Fight Substance Abuse
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Cherokee Nation tribal health department established a project designed to enhance the protective factors that would help keep young people away from substance abuse.
Tradition and Technology: Project Nurtures Both Among Native Americans in Seattle
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Seattle Indian Health Board developed a series of opportunities for Alaska-Native and American-Indian youth and recovering alcoholics to gain exposure to jobs and education.