Sep 27 2024

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The IHS Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship provides practical knowledge and skills for IVP practitioners working in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The IVP Fellowship builds on learning obtained from IHS IVP Courses 1, 2, and 3, and prior experiences of participants.

Benefits of completing the Fellowship

  • Familiarity with published literature and data about an IVP issue
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Planning and managing an IVP project
  • Promoting community and coalition involvement
  • Effective IVP strategies
  • Program evaluation
  • Oral and written communication
  • Developing and giving a scientific presentation
  • Field work
  • Individualized learning

Fellowship Projects

Projects can focus on unintentional injury or intentional violence in one of three project types: 1) Problem Analysis; 2) Program Planning; or 3) Program Evaluation.

Fellows complete four project phases (i.e., Planning, Implementation, Results, Deliverables) during which they

  • Participate in synchronous and asynchronous distance-learning sessions
  • Attend three in-person learning sessions requiring approximately 2.5 weeks away from their job sites
  • Complete project tasks and submit interim deliverables
  • Participate in scheduled progress checks
  • Write a project report
  • Present a summary of their project at the IHS IVP Fellowship Symposium
  • Participate in an optional continuing education opportunity (e.g., attend a conference, enroll in a university-based course)

Application Process

Visit this link to see the application process steps, which includes

  • Watch the required pre-application webinar
  • Draft a Project Idea
  • Submit a draft Project Idea and schedule a consultation with the fellowship academic advisor team and project mentor (must be completed by November 8, 2024)
  • Revise the Project Idea
  • Complete the online application between October 7 and December 11, 2024

Apply: https://www.ihs.gov/injuryprevention/training/fellowshipprogram/

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