Lakota Center for Health Research

A.说明 Mitakuye Oyasin这是最广为人知的拉科塔苏族短语之一，并将其粗略地翻译了一下 意思是“我们都是亲戚。”然而，“我们”不仅指人类，还指所有看得见和看不见的东西。在……里面 具体地说，这个短语经常被用来表示拉科塔人对 环境(Unci Maka，或地球祖母)。这个美洲原住民健康研究中心 (NARCH)IX计划申请，也名为拉科塔健康研究中心，描述了 旨在以实用和创新的方式证明这一概念的研究和活动。 具体地说，这里提出的研究和活动计划有助于拓宽和深化我们的 审查我们的拉科塔部落伙伴经历的健康不平等 1)欢迎来自亚利桑那大学扎克曼大学的著名定性研究员加入合作伙伴关系 公共卫生学院为我们的两个研究项目； 2)履行我们的承诺，通过专注于我们的两个主要方面，不断地攀登不平等原因的阶梯 直接关于吸烟政策和控制的研究项目，这是我们NARCH VI和NARCH VI的合理延伸 我们目前由NARCH VII资助的研究项目之一； 3)创新地结成伙伴关系并在文化上适应拉科塔文化两种干预方法；一 一般集中在美国印第安人身上，第二种是在一般美国社会中发展起来的； 4)与环境部门合作，开展一项独特的民族志项目 我们的纳奇部落伙伴之一，这将产生一个文化渊博的，部落定制的 能为部落现在和未来服务的环境影响报告书(S)； 5)采取措施加强我们的拉科塔健康研究中心计划的努力，方法是 系统评估协议综合评估方法； 6)信守我们的承诺，让拉科塔青年顾问参与我们的伙伴关系，无论是全面的还是通过 进行我们的无烟倡导干预，以及； 7)继续推动前瞻性、战略性、协同性、整体性的研究方向 我们不断发展的NARCH协作性合作伙伴。

A. Description Mitakuye Oyasin. This is one of the most well-known Lakota Sioux phrases, and loosely translated it means “we are all related.” However, the “we” refers not just to humans, but to all things seen and unseen. In particular, this phrase is often used to signify the Lakota people’s appreciation for and special relationship with the environment (Unci Maka, or Grandmother Earth). This Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) IX program application, again entitled Lakota Center for Health Research, describes a body of research and activities that are designed to exemplify this concept in both practical and innovative ways. Specifically, the program of research and activities proposed herein serves to broaden and deepen our examination of health inequities experienced by our Lakota tribal partners by 1) Welcoming to the partnership a noted qualitative investigator from the University of Arizona Zuckerman College of Public Health for each of our two research projects; 2) Fulfilling our promise to continually “climb the ladder” of causes of inequities by focusing our 2 major research projects directly on smoking policy and control, logical extensions of both of our NARCH VI-and one of our current NARCH VII-supported research projects; 3) Innovatively partnering and culturally adapting to the Lakota culture two intervention approaches; one focused generically on American Indians, and the second developed in general U.S. society; 4) Conducting a singularly unique ethnographic project, in collaboration with the environmental department of one of our NARCH tribal partners, which will generate a deeply culturally informed, tribally-tailored environmental impact statement that can serve the Tribe(s) now and into the future; 5) Taking steps to strengthen our Lakota Center for Health Research program efforts by engaging a Systems Evaluation Protocol comprehensive evaluation approach; 6) Keeping our commitment to involve Lakota youth advisors in our partnership, both overall and through conduct of our smoke-free advocacy intervention, and; 7) Continuing to promote a forward-thinking, strategic, synergistic, holistic research direction among the partners of our growing NARCH collaborative.