Navajo Wellness Model: Keeping the Cultural Teachings Alive to Improve Health

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Describes a wellness model curriculum developed by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service along with cultural experts and traditional healers to increase health literacy and self-management in healthcare and public health settings. The curriculum uses traditional Navajo methods of teaching healthy behaviors and is designed to improve the knowledge and understanding of healthcare and public health providers on Navajo values about health within the family, community, and environment.

Marie Nelson

01/2018

Culture · Health literacy · Health workforce · Public health · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention