Table 2.

Harnessing Culturally-Centered Knowledge and Perspectives from Communities in Intervention Development: Examples of Strategies Utilized

Intervention: Intertribal Talking Circle, a substance abuse prevention intervention targeting AI youth; PI(s): Lowe/Baldwin Strategies employed: Utilized a Community Partnership Committee(CPC) of 5–6 tribal community representatives (tribal leaders/eiders, school personnel, teachers, parents, and students). The CPC will engage in the following activities: (a) review and revise the intervention manual attending to the particular tribal language, community needs and culturally-appropriate content, (b) familiarize themselves with and provide input regarding the Native-Reliance Questionnaire and other instruments.

Intervention: Caring Contacts, a suicide prevention intervention, PI(s): Comtois/Nelson Strategies employed: Community leaders and elders will be invited to contribute content and to provide feedback on text messages used in a cultural adaptation of a suicide prevention intervention targeting young AI/AN adults. Candidate text messages will be reviewed by the CAB and by focus groups with tribal members to ensure that they are meaningful, acceptable, and relevant to the community.

Intervention: Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth (MICUNAY), PI(s): D’Amico/Dickerson Strategies employed: Community-based knowledge will be acquired through utilization of Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center, Community Advisory Boards, and focus groups with AI/AN youth, parents, and providers who serve the AI/AN community in order to ensure cultural sensitivity and appropriateness of the MICUNAY intervention.