Healthy Native Babies Program

The purpose of this project is to strengthen tribal public health systems and services by implementing activities that aim to improve community informed outreach on reducing the risk for Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death using approaches specific to AI/AN culture by seeking input from tribal leaders, elders and community members to provide feedback on all Healthy Native Baby Program (HNBP) materials. The SPTHB/OKTEC has implemented the following objectives and activities:

Objective 1) Identify tribal partners who can provide feedback and recommendations on existing HNBP materials to make HNBP materials more relevant to tribes in the Southern Plains region.

• Activity 1a) Develop plan with CDC and contractors to prioritize HNBP materials for community feedback.
• Activity 1b) Identify tribal and nontribal infant/child health (ICH) partners and submit HNBP materials for review.
• Activity 1c) Host in-person partnership meetings in which tribal and nontribal partners can discuss and provide feedback and recommendations on HNBP materials.
• Activity 1d)Collect feedback and recommendations on HNBP materials from partners and submit report to CDC and contractors.

Objective 2) Attend outreach events and host in-person listening sessions to gather feedback from tribal community members.

• 2a) Identify opportunities to conduct outreach and host “talking circles” comprised of tribal community members to offer feedback and/or recommendations on HMBP materials.
• 2b) Conduct tribal community member talking circles”.
• 2c) Develop virtual community survey to gather feedback on prioritized HNBP materials.
• 2d) Compile feedback from community members gathered from listening sessions (“talking circles”) into a report that will be submitted to CDC and CDC contractors.

Objective 3) Pilot updated HNBP educational materials as indicated by the implementation plan, in at least 6 tribal communities in the Southern Plains region. 

• 3a) Begin developing an implementation plan with CDC and contractors to pilot updated HNBP materials in tribal communities within the Southern Plains region.
• 3b) Gather feedback from tribal community members on updated, piloted HNBP materials. Compile feedback into a report and submit to CDC and contractors.
• 3c) Develop presentation and/or poster on the processes, methods of implementation, successes and challenges of the CHNBP project to be shared with stakeholders and other public health entities.