Table 1.
PTSDa Coach Online tools | Health is Our Tradition guides | Description | Adaptations |
N/Ab | Trauma and your Health | Patient education | Content developed from Phase 1 interviews, focus groups, and recommended existing SCFc and CNHSd patient education materials on the impact of trauma on overall health including testimonial videos from AI/ANe people with a history of trauma |
Be in the moment | Be in the moment | Guided relaxation and grounding activities | Minor adaptation to add an estimation of activity duration and information before the guided relaxation activity acknowledging that some people may not have a quiet place to listen to the audio activity |
Change feelings by changing thoughts | Change feelings by changing thoughts | Educational activities with written exercises to work toward changing negative beliefs about oneself to more helpful positive beliefs | Major adaptation to focus on false beliefs and shame messages common among AI/AN people who have experienced trauma including educational videos narrated by members of the AI/AN community; content developed based on Phase 1 interviews and focus groups, addition of testimonial videos from AI/AN people with a history of trauma |
Change how you think about sleep | Change how you think about sleep | Educational activities with interactive content that suggests new ways of thinking about negative thoughts that impair sleep | Minor adaptation to replace the word nightmare with bad dream |
Change negative thinking patterns | Change negative thinking patterns | Educational activities with written exercises to work identifying and changing negative thought patterns | No adaptation outside of those listed in Overall |
Deal with trauma reminders | Cope with trauma reminders | Educational and guided relaxation activities with written exercises to learn to cope with reminders or triggers related to trauma | Minor adaptation to rename guide from Deal with trauma reminders to Cope with trauma reminders and to add additional examples of triggers |
N/A | Develop healthy relationships | Educational and written activities to help identify how trauma may affect interactions with others and to change negative interactions to more positive ones | Content developed from Phase 1 interviews and focus groups and adapted from FWWIf curriculum materials including testimonial videos from AI/AN people with a history of trauma |
N/A | Discover your story | Educational and written activities to encourage acceptance and sharing of one’s story that includes traumatic experiences and their effects on resilience and personal growth | Content developed from Phase 1 interviews and focus groups and adapted from FWWI curriculum materials including testimonial videos from AI/AN people with a history of trauma |
Form good sleep habits | Form good sleep habits | Educational and interactive activity to learn about good sleep habits | Minor adaptation to replace a drawing of generic sleeping man with one more easily recognized as having AI/AN heritage; changed the drag and drop motion in the interactive activity to a mouse click motion |
Identify your values and goals | Identify your values and goals | Educational and written activity to help identify values and goals to guide decisions in life | Minor adaptation in wording of text and omitting the calendar feature |
Learn to be assertive | Express your feelings and wants | Educational, written, and checklist activities to foster effective communication skills | Major adaptation to replace all references to assertiveness with expressing oneself and to replace educational and interactive activities with content adapted from FWWI |
Notice your thoughts and feelings | Notice your thoughts and feelings | Educational and mindfulness exercises to help user learn to live in the present moment | Minor adaptation to add an estimation of activity duration and information before the mindfulness activities acknowledging that some people may not have a quiet place to listen to the audio activity |
Plan something enjoyable | Plan something fun | Educational and interactive activities to help users identify and plan fun activities | Minor adaptation to add or omit suggested activities that are common or uncommon in AI/AN communities; omitted the calendar function |
Relax through breathing | Relax through breathing | Animated relaxation activity focused on deep breathing | No adaptation outside of those listed in Overall |
Relax through visualization | Relax through visualization | Animated relaxation activity focused on picturing a calm or comfortable scene | Minor adaptation to add an estimation of activity duration and information before the guided relaxation activity acknowledging that some people may not have a quiet place to listen to the audio activity |
Relax your body | Relax your body | Animated relaxation activity focused on releasing body tension | No adaptation outside of those listed in Overall |
aPTSD: Posttraumatic stress disorder.
bN/A: not applicable.
cSCF: Southcentral Foundation.
dCNHS: Cherokee Nation Health Services.
eAI/AN: American Indian and Alaska Native.
fFWWI: Family Wellness Warriors Initiative.