Dissemination of an American Indian Culturally Centered Community-Based Participatory Research Family Listening Program: Implications for Global Indigenous Well-Being

• Published in: Genealogy (Basel) Vol. 4; no. 4; p. 99
• Main Authors: Belone, Lorenda, Rae, Rebecca, Hirchak, Katherine A, Cohoe-Belone, Benelda, Orosco, Ardena, Shendo, Kevin, Wallerstein, Nina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.12.2020
• Subjects: American Indian; community-based participatory research; culture-centered; dissemination and implementation; Family Listening Program; indigenous; dissemination and implementation; indigenous; tribal communities; tribal research team; Family Listening Program; culture-centered; American Indian; community-based participatory research
• DOI: 10.3390/genealogy4040099
• ISSN: 2313-5778

We introduce a culture-centered indigenous program called the Family Listening Program (FLP), which was developed through a long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership involving tribal research teams (TRTs) from three American Indian communities (Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo) with the University of New Mexico's Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR). This paper provides background information on the TRT/UNM-CPR multi-generational FLP intervention funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and how it is poised to take the next steps of dissemination and implementation (D&I). In preparing for the next steps, the TRT/UNM-CPR team piloted two FLP dissemination activities, first at the state-level and then nationally; this paper describes these activities. Based on the learnings from the pilot dissemination, the TRT/UNM-CPR team developed an innovative D&I model by integrating a community-based participatory research culture-centered science (CBPR-CCS) approach with the Interactive Systems Framework (ISF) to examine the uptake, cultural acceptance, and sustainability of the FLP as an evidence-based indigenous family program.