Yup'ik Communities Turn to Indigenous Knowledge to Prevent Risk for Youth Suicide

Culture plays a substantial role in reducing disparities among American Indian and ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native (AI/AN) populations; experts acknowledge culture’s critical importance to intervention success and sustainability. Yet many questions remain about the mechanisms that produce this protective effect. For more than a decade, researchers at the Center for ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native Health Research have been collaborating with Yup’ik communities to address challenges facing ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñn youth.

from the NIH.