Fellowship Summary 2023-2024 [PDF - 343 KB]

Seven Fellows completed the program from January 2023 to June 2024.

Fellows planned and conducted one of three types of projects aligned with the public health approach to injury and violence prevention
1) Problem Analysis
2) Program Planning
3) Program Evaluation

All Fellows developed a project report and presented their projects at the Fellowship Symposium. 

Fellows participated in seventeen distance-based and three in-person sessions held during four phases of the Fellowship:

• Distance A Session (January – April 2023) n=8 sessions
• In-Person Session 1 – CDC (May 16-19, 2023; Atlanta, GA)
• Distance B Session (July 2023 – October 2023) n=4 sessions
• In-Person Session 2 – Field Course (October 23-26, 2023; IHS Bemidji Area, MN)
• Distance C Session (November 2023 – January 2024) n=2 sessions
• Distance D Session (February – May 2024) n=3 sessions
• In-Person Session 3 – Symposium (May 21-22, 2024; Rockville, MD)
  -Held in-person at IHS Headquarters
  -One fellow who was unable to attend in-person, pre-recorded their presentation aired during the Symposium

Fellow Projects

The seven Fellows were required to submit project reports. Below is a list of reports, in alphabetical order by Fellow’s last name.

• Beau Carter, RPS/RPES, MS, First Responders Use of a GIS Application and Naloxone to Respond to Opioid Overdose in the Shawnee Service Unit  [PDF - 438 KB]
• Sixtus Dominguez, MCRP
• Katie Hannon Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use of Snowmachine/All-terrain Vehicle Helmets in the Native Village of Koyuk, Alaska
• Jennifer Hardeman, MPH (candidate), Suicide Prevention at the Winnebago Community: Services, Gaps, and Opportunities
• Amanda Holley, Restricting Access to Lethal Means for Suicide in a Native American [PDF - 758 KB]
• Sherry Mitchell, RS, Assessment of School Bus Stop Safety on a Tribal Reservation [PDF - 509 KB]
• Davis Reardon, MS, MA, Implementing the Matter of Balance Program on the Wind River Reservation

Faculty/Academic Advisor Team

-Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
-Carolyn Crump, PhD
-Robert Letourneau, MPH
-James Emery, MPH
-Designed and delivered the curriculum to Fellows over four project phases (planning, implementation, results, deliverables)
-Worked in consultation with Molly Madson, REHS, MPH, CPH, IHS Injury Prevention Program Manager
-Supported Fellows and local project mentors throughout the Fellowship program
-Each fellow had a local project mentor to assist in identifying a topic and providing project guidance