The Alaska Native Community Resilience Study (ANCRS) builds on long-standing partnerships with Alaska Native communities to understand and strengthen culturally grounded protections that support youth wellness. Rooted in a strengths-based approach, ANCRS asks: What makes Alaska Native communities strong, and how are those strengths being used to promote resilience and reduce suicide risk among youth?
Working with 64 communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim, Northwest Arctic, and Bering Strait regions, ANCRS examines how community-level protective factors shape youth resilience and influence suicide risk, offering insight into what supports thriving across Alaska Native homelands.
Visit the ANCHRR website and read about the history of the project from RCGD.
Investigators:
Stacy Rasmus, PhD (PI)
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Evon Peter, MA
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Jessica Black, PhD
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Lisa Wexler, PhD (Co-I)
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James Allen, PhD (Co-I)
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Katie Cueva, ScD MAT MPH
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Jessica Ullrich, PhD
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Funding Source: NIH
Project Periods: 2018-2024