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Family Spirit Home Visiting Program

The Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based and culturally tailored home visiting intervention delivered by Native American paraprofessionals as an Indigenous solution to supporting caregivers during pregnancy and early childhood. Caregivers gain knowledge and skills to achieve optimum development for their children across the domains of physical, cognitive, social-emotional, language learning, and self-help. The Family

Focus Area: Cultural StrengthsEarly Childhood DevelopmentParenting Support

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZNavajo NationShiprock, NMWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

Family Spirit Nurture

Family Spirit Nurture is a home visiting module designed for and with Native American families to promote healthy infant feeding and growth in the first year of life and reduce early childhood obesity risk. The culturally-based, strengths-based lessons focus on moderating sugar intake, best infant responsive feeding practices, and healthy eating for the whole family.

Focus Area: Diabetes & Obesity PreventionEarly Childhood DevelopmentParenting

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZNavajo NationShiprock, NMWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

Piloting a Prevision Approach to Home Visiting: Precision Family Spirit

Study Rationale Early childhood home visiting plays a critical role in promoting maternal and child health. At scale, home visiting programs share challenges of participant recruitment and retention. Tailoring home visiting programs to each individual mother while maintaining fidelity to the original model may address these challenges, but more research is needed to understand if

Focus Area: Early Childhood DevelopmentParenting