@article{ref1,
title=""Let our Apache heritage and culture live on forever and teach the young ones": development of the elders' resilience curriculum, an upstream suicide prevention approach for American Indian youth",
journal="American journal of community psychology",
year="2019",
author="Cwik, Mary and Goklish, Novalene and Masten, Kristin and Lee, Angelita and Suttle, Rosemarie and Alchesay, Melanie and O'Keefe, Victoria and Barlow, Allison",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The White Mountain Apache Tribe have developed an innovative curriculum that connects youth through Elders to their heritage, traditions, and culture, which has been proven to be a protective factor for native Americans. The development process took 4½ years and included community stakeholder buy-in, Elders' Council group formation, extensive formative work to identify content, iterative feedback between curriculum writers and Elders, and Elder training prior to implementation. Members of the Elders' Council have been visiting the local schools to teach youth about the Apache culture, language, and way of life since February 2014 reaching over 1000 youth. This approach demonstrates a promising upstream suicide prevention strategy. We discuss the process of development, implementation, and lessons learned, as this curriculum has potential for adaptation by other Indigenous communities.<br><br>© 2019 Society for Community Research and Action.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-0562",
doi="10.1002/ajcp.12351",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12351"
}