NAWPAC

Injury Prevention is a field of public health in which efforts are taken to reduce the likelihood of bodily injury. Unintentional Injuries are commonly considered accidental results of an accident like a car wreck. However, car wrecks and the injuries that result from car wrecks can be reduced by driving according to traffic safety laws and by wearing seat belts. So as our understanding of public safety increases, we realize that accidents and the injuries and deaths that result from them are not so accidental, but they are unintentional.  Unintentional injury mortality rates for Indian people are approximately three times higher than the combined all-U.S. races rate (IHS, Trends in Indian Health 2000-2001).

The Native American Women’s Public Awareness Campaign on Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment and Prevention was conceived and funded by the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP). The goals of the project are to increase the capacity of Native American women in California to address alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems and to improve family communication skills.  Primary activities include the publication of Red Voices magazine and the development of a Native American women’s conference. In addition, the program staff develops culturally competent educational materials on topics such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and methamphetamine prevention and treatment for the American Indian community in California.

In January 2008, the program conducted a survey of Native American women in California in order to identify the major issues and concerns of this community. The information will be used to identify issues and topics for new materials, including Red Voices and the women’s conference. 

If you would like to share your stories, poems, art work, or other submissions for publication in Red Voices magazine or to subscribe to Red Voices,
contact Jennifer Parsons:
4400 Auburn Blvd. 2nd floor
Sacramento, CA 95841
Office: (916)-929-9761, ext 1508   Fax (916) 929-7246   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Link to Red Voices Newsletter
Link to Conference Promo videos
PDF of conference proceedings
Posters
    Talk to your Kids (pdf)
    Thank you Mom (pdf)

FASD Course Presentation (ppt)

NCBHC Presentation (ppt)