Wellness Tour for Tribal Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uniting Sacred Space with Western Medicine to Prevent Substance Use-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Wellness Tour for Tribal Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uniting Sacred Space with Western Medicine to Prevent Substance Use

Published:2023-10-17 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0094-5145
Container-title:Journal of Community Health
language:en
Short-container-title:J Community Health

Author:

Wakhlu Nausheen,Soto Claradina,Duncan Mike,Titman Albert,Turner Barbara J.^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractSubstance use disorders (SUD) and overdose deaths worsened further during the Covid-19 pandemic in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. The Native Dad’s Network (NDN) delivered the Wellness Tour, offering cultural activities and SUD prevention education, from March 2021 to June 2022, to 11 AIAN tribal communities across California. The in-person program created a “sacred space” through culturally congruent song, dance, and prayer. SUD education included: a lecture about opioids and SUD; group talking circles; an educational skit led by adolescents; and training in naloxone and fentanyl testing strip use along with supplies. After the day-long program, 341 participants agreed strongly on a 5-point Likert type question that it improved their quality of life (mean = 4.7). Among 243 respondents, agreement was strong (mean = 4.8) to two Likert-type questions about cultural relevance and confidence in using naloxone. This AIAN-led program adopted safe practices during the pandemic to deliver culturally congruent SUD prevention education to severely affected AIAN communities.

Funder

University of Southern California

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health (social science)

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10900-023-01295-5.pdf

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