{"id":10569,"date":"2026-04-02T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/?p=10569"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:02:56","slug":"ppp-year-9-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/ppp-year-9-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopi-NAU Collaboration: Piloting the \u00d6\u00f6qalat&#8217; Qa&#8217;tsit Yesni Health Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pilot Project, Year 9<\/h2>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary of project:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span>Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is linked to a higher risk of several cancers, including liver, pancreas, colon\/rectum, breast, and bladder cancers, yet cancer risk is rarely addressed in diabetes education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span>Some rural and tribal communities experience high rates of T2D and related health complications, highlighting the need for more education and prevention efforts related to both diabetes and cancer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span>This study evaluates a community-based health education curriculum that teaches diabetes management, cancer prevention, and early detection through locally led health education sessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span>The project will measure changes in knowledge, health behaviors, and intentions to participate in cancer screening using surveys and follow-up discussions after the program.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Funding:<\/strong> The study is funded by NIMHD\/NIH 5U54MD012388<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the investigators<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Melinda Smith, PhD<\/b><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Principal Investigator<br \/>\n<\/b>Post-Doctoral Scholar, Health Sciences, Center for Community Health and Engaged Research<br \/>\n<b>Email:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"mailto:melinda.smith@nau.edu\">melinda.smith@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Darold Joseph, PhD<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Co-Investigator<br \/>\n<\/b>Associate Professor, Education Specialties<b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Email: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:darold.joseph@nau.edu\">darold.joseph@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/pilot-project-program\/year-9\">Back to PPP Year 9<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilot Project, Year 9 Funding: The study is funded by NIMHD\/NIH 5U54MD012388 About the investigators &nbsp; Melinda Smith, PhD Principal Investigator Post-Doctoral Scholar, Health Sciences, Center for Community Health and Engaged Research Email:\u00a0melinda.smith@nau.edu Darold Joseph, PhD Co-Investigator Associate Professor, Education Specialties Email: darold.joseph@nau.edu Back to PPP Year 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":782,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10570,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10569\/revisions\/10570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/sherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}