Promoting wellness for Native Americans in Montana's cities
Official title: Promoting Wellness among Native Americans in Urban Areas
Funded at Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health · NIH-11369458 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will try culturally adapted programs to help Native American adults in Montana's cities with opioid and methamphetamine problems and chronic pain.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Helena, United States) |
| Project start | August 15, 2024 |
| Project end | July 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $757,774 |
| NIH project number | 3OT2DA061065-01S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11369458 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are Native American adults living in Montana urban areas who get services from Urban Indian Organizations and who have opioid or methamphetamine use disorders or chronic pain.
✕Less likely to help
People who live outside Montana, are not connected to Urban Indian Organization care, or who do not have substance use disorders or chronic pain are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
What this research studies
You and your local Urban Indian clinic would see efforts to improve health and clinical data to find gaps in care. Researchers will work with each Urban Indian Organization to adapt evidence-informed addiction and pain programs to fit local cultural practices. The team will pilot these adapted programs at select sites and collect data on overdoses, prescription management, and pain outcomes. The goal is to learn which culturally integrated approaches help people in urban Native communities.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lower overdoses and improve addiction and chronic pain care by using programs tailored to Native cultural needs in urban Montana.
How similar studies have gone: Some culturally adapted addiction and pain programs in Native communities have shown promise, but few have focused on urban Native populations combining opioid, methamphetamine, and chronic pain approaches.
Where this research is happening
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Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health
Helena, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Green, Brandn — Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health
- Study coordinator: Green, Brandn
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.