American Indian Youth Wellness Camp

04/05/2024

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03/18/2024

World Indigenous Cancer Conference, March 17-19, 2024

A dramatic increase in obesity in the United States has occurred over the past 25 years and rates remain high. Approximately 19.7% (or 14.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese. Research has shown excess weight and lack of physical activity among youth may lead to unhealthy behaviors in adulthood.

Obese children are also likely to become obese adults and experience increased risk for:
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Cardiovascular disease
• Cardiometabolic diseases

Although cancer has been considered a distinct spectrum of disease, increasing evidence supports the importance of metabolic disturbances in the cause of cancer. Early prevention is key, especially among Native youth.

In Arizona, six cancers are associated with being overweight and obese:
• Gallbladder
• Kidney
• Liver
• Ovarian
• Stomach
• Uterine

Primary prevention efforts are key and we are proud to present our ongoing work, which you are supporting as a donor, at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference.

03/18/2024

Currently underway and our primary prevention work being presented today!!!

The VCCC Alliance warmly invites you to attend the third World Indigenous Cancer Conference 2024, bringing together speakers from around the world.

03/18/2024

Apply for the NW NARCH Tribal Researchers’ Cancer Control Fellowship!
Applications are due March 20th, 2024.
https://www.npaihb.org/tribal-researchers-cancer-control-fellowship/

The Tribal Researchers’ Cancer Control Fellowship Program (TRCCFP) will be held in person at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). The NW NARCH will cover the travel-related costs of attendance such as flight, hotel, per diem, and ground transportation to and from the airport.
Travel details will be shared upon acceptance.

Accepted fellows will attend a two-week summer training in June 9-21, 2024 and a one-week follow-up training in the fall. We encourage AI/AN graduate students, researchers, and tribal health workers with a demonstrated interest in cancer prevention and control to apply.

If you have any questions, please contact athomas@npaihb.org or GMcGeshick@npaihb.org.

Accepted fellows will attend a two-week summer training in June 2024 and a one-week follow-up training in the fall. In addition to formal training, fellows will receive distance learning, peer and career mentorship to develop and implement cancer control projects, be connected to a network of expert...

03/18/2024

Four days left in our campaign and we are short of our $5K goal. Will you help? Every contribution makes a huge difference!

Help University of Arizona raise $5,000 for the project: American Indian Youth Wellness Camp. Your gift will make a difference!

03/15/2024

Last week of our Campaign; donate today!

Help University of Arizona raise $5,000 for the project: American Indian Youth Wellness Camp. Your gift will make a difference!

03/15/2024

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03/15/2024

Final Week of our Campaign! Donate today and know that you're part of a team effort to address behavioral risks among American Indian youth.

Help University of Arizona raise $5,000 for the project: American Indian Youth Wellness Camp. Your gift will make a difference!

03/15/2024

https://commissiononnativechildren.org/reports/TheWayForward.pdf

03/14/2024

Today is Pi Day; π is usually shown up to five digits: 3.1415. It is also coincidentally the birthday of Albert Einstein

03/11/2024

Congress Passes FY 2024 Spending Bill; IHS Flat Funded, SDPI Increased

Over the weekend, Congress passed a minibus budget package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 (H.R. 4366), for six appropriations bills, including the Indian Health Service (IHS) budget. The IHS FY 2024 budget is essentially flat funded at the FY 2023 funding level which will generally be carried forward to FY 2025 in advance appropriations. The Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) received both a short reauthorization to December 31, 2024, and a modest increase to an annualized $160 million level. SDPI had been funded at $150 million per year since FY 2004.

On February 2, 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), adopted a final rule that updates regulations related to Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) accreditation, certification, and standards for the tre...

03/11/2024

March is National Nutrition Month - make food choices that include fruits and vegetables

03/08/2024

Happy International Women's Day!!! Celebrate the many awesome women we are blessed to know!

03/04/2024

Donate Today! Camp Crowdfunding Campaign underway!,

Help University of Arizona raise $5,000 for the project: American Indian Youth Wellness Camp. Your gift will make a difference!

03/04/2024

Learn more about our project focused on primary prevention,

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03/01/2024

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

03/01/2024

Engage in short bursts of activity multiple times per day. Run in place for a minute or run up stairs for 20 seconds.

03/01/2024

Let’s Talk About It: Eating Disorders, Stigma, and Empowered Recovery. Understand the facts around eating disorders, address common eating disorder stigma, raise awareness about disparities in diagnosis and treatment, highlight best practices for improving quality of care, and empower people when seeking support and recovery.

03/01/2024

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2024

02/19/2024

“Come Back Home” is recruiting undergraduates to live and research at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona.

10 weeks – May 24 to August 3, 2024
$6,000 stipend
Room and board provided
All majors welcome
Bio/Ag 400 level course - 4 credits
Weekend excursions and team building
APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 15TH

Students can learn more and apply HERE: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gf85hLhkIBw8bY
Please direct any questions to Cara Shopa at caraduncan@arizona.edu

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02/19/2024

Camp Crowdfunding Campaign Underway. Donate Today!!! https://crowdfund.arizona.edu/youthwellnesscamp

02/19/2024

American Indian Youth Wellness Camp Crowdfunding Campaign Underway. Donate Today!!!

Help University of Arizona raise $5,000 for the project: American Indian Youth Wellness Camp. Your gift will make a difference!

02/18/2024

February is National Cancer Prevention Month

Let’s spread the word about the importance of getting preventive screening, and ways to reduce risk for cancer:

• Get preventive screening appropriate for age and gender
• Avoid commercial to***co use and exposure to secondhand smoke
• Move every day
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Eat healthy
• Avoid alcohol or drink in small amounts

02/17/2024

National Random Acts of Kindness Day!!

02/10/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/for-native-american-activists-the-kansas-city-chiefs-have-it-all-wrong/ar-BB1i43qm?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=c6e77afccd1e4bceadc23fb503e1935e&ei=76

Rhonda LeValdo is exhausted, but she’s refusing to slow down. For the fourth time in five years, her hometown team and the focus of her decadeslong activism against the use of Native American imagery and references in sports is in the Super Bowl. As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for Sunday's big ...

02/08/2024

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/06/a-proclamation-on-national-tribal-colleges-and-universities-week-2024/

I have always believed that the promise of America is big enough for everyone to succeed and that it is each generation’s responsibility to open the doors of opportunity just a little bit wider to include those who have been left behind. During National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week, we ho...

02/08/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-biggest-thief-of-native-wealth/ar-AA1iwNVg?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=491479ba7f124eeca865e34e0ca67821&ei=29

Analysis: From my perspective, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is just one chapter in a much larger story: The U.S. was built on stolen lands and wealth

02/07/2024

Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day!!!!

02/07/2024

February is National Cancer Prevention Month -
Limit alcohol consumption, avoid to***co, wear sunscreen and protective clothing

02/07/2024

February is National Cancer Prevention Month -
Get HPV and hepatitis B vaccinations