Table 1.
Overview of Case Studies Showing Projects, Partnerships, Project Goals, and Stage of Partnership
| Project Title | Partnerships | Goals/Purpose | Stage of Partnership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfeet Child Asthma and Healthy Homes Partnership | Indian Health Service, University Environmental Science Faculty | Evaluation of environmental intervention for families with children with asthma (in-home health education and housing/indoor environmental quality improvements) | Interested and then engaged partnership |
| Crow Environmental Health Risk Assessment | Tribal College, College of Engineering | Determine risk of exposure to environmental contaminants and pathogens via water sources, local foods, and home environments and find ways to reduce health disparities and build community capacity to address environmental health issues | Fully engaged partnership |
| Crow Men’s Health Project | Tribal Nation, University Political Science and Health and Human Development Faculty | Study men’s health needs and identify appropriate treatments and interventions among Crow community members with an emphasis on cancer | Engaged partnership |
| Testing a Culturally Appropriate Commercial Tobacco Cessation Intervention | Tribal College, University Public Health Faculty | Help tribal college students quit smoking, gather data to plan and apply for funding for the first large, full-scale study of commercial tobacco-cessation intervention among tribal college students | Engaged partnership |
| Pediatric Environmental Health Care Provider Initiative | Tribal Health, Tribal College, University Nursing Faculty | Engage health care providers in education, identification, and prioritization of pediatric environmental exposures to reduce fetal/infant/child mortality and morbidity | Engaged partnership |
| Fort Peck Hepatitis C and HIV Prevention Project | Tribal Health, University Health and Human Development Faculty | Implement a harm reduction program on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to reduce the risk of transmission of Hepatitis C virus and HIV | Engaged partnership |
| End-of-Life Decision Making and Quality Care for Blackfeet Indians | Community Researcher, University Nursing Faculty | Address issues related to chronic illness and ways to improve quality of end-of-life care and decision making | Engaged partnership |
Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.