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The success of this program depends on the expertise of the University of Washington Seven Directions program and the benefit gained from their sole expertise in opioid use prevention with tribal communities and the data needs to support this work. Seven Directions has worked in deep partnership with tribal communities identifying data needs, as well as work with Tribal Epidemiology Center Directors, and University personnel. It is imperative for success that this past experience, the partnerships and focus be integrated into the program. Seven Directions is the only organization in the world with its unique expertise and partnerships in this area based on their previous work leading the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Project. This work has uniquely situated them to address the necessary questions required by this contract without having to do necessary background work. They have unique expertise that will lead to significant cost savings in this project, as any other contractor would have to spend significant time learning what this organization has already learned through three years of the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention Project. Thus, the success of this program can only be attained by working with University of Washington Seven Directors Center for Indigenous Public Health, relying on their established partnerships and deep knowledge of the relevant issues.
No other organization has the expertise, knowledge, contacts and infrastructure that University of Washington Seven Directions has. It is not possible for any other organization to perform this work because they do not have the access or expertise.
The Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research (DESPR) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is currently seeking to obtain foundational research on the data sources available and used to characterize American Indian and Alaska Native Drug Use at the local and national level as well as barriers around the use and interoperability of this data and areas in which data are lacking.
The work is in support of the Native American Program at NIDA and is intended to ensure a comprehensive portrait of available data. The foundational research will also support the work of researchers, epidemiologists, and communities across the nation by identifying common data sources. The foundational research will also assist NIDA to know where the data sources are, how the data sets can work together, and the data can identify further needs. The research will also assist Tribal Epidemiology Centers and tribes to catalog data sources and identify issues and create a portal for sister agencies within HHS to assist the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous people population.
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