Center for Indigenous Health, Research and Policy

Join Dr Jernigan tomorrow 12noon CT/10am PT to discuss food security and emergency preparedness

CIEDAR P2 Webinar - Indigenous Approaches to Pandemics CIEDAR P2 presents an Indigenous Health Emergencies Webinar Series. Sharing our collective efforts to ensure that Indigenous People thrive.

Last week we shared the exciting findings from our “Go Healthy” study with our Osage Nation Community Partners.
The “Go Healthy” Study is a randomized controlled trial of a tribal Community Supported Agriculture program, a project that has been in the works for many years. This study concluded last fall and was found to have improved health. We are so grateful for this 10 year partnership and cannot wait to see how this positively impacts the community!
Wado and yakoke to our participants and research team for this amazing work!

Interested in the how-to of developing multilevel community based interventions? Check out our latest publication that describes the development of a food sovereignty initiative using community supported agriculture.

Design and methods of a community supported agriculture program with native Americans: the go healthy study Abstract. Native Americans (NAs) experience significant disparities in diet-related conditions, including obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Many NA comm

Check out our new publication focused on a more objective measure of fruit and vegetable intake!!!

Association of Veggie Meter–Assessed Skin Carotenoids and Dietary Intake Among Indigenous Families: The Indigenous Supported Agriculture “Go Healthy” Study Indigenous communities have seldom been included in previous research on skin carotenoid scores (SCS) and diet. Further, little is known about familial SCS.