Amanda (Urbina) Hunter
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Mail Code: 8920 ABC1 - 425 N. 5th St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 9020Campus: Dtphx
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Amanda M. Hunter is a proud citizen of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Her interest in public health research ignited after working in the medical field and recognizing the great need for prevention of chronic disease that often brought patients into the office and pharmacy. Hunter received her MPH and PhD in health behavior and health promotion from the University of Arizona. She completed her postdoc at Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research. Since 2015, she has worked with Indigenous communities in Arizona to develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally grounded after-school program, called Native Spirit. The program aims to strengthen cultural identity, self-esteem, and resilience while decreasing substance use in Indigenous youth. As an Indigenous person, Hunter is deeply invested in the advancement of Indigenous peoples and all of her research, service, work experience, and teaching has centered around health promotion and disease prevention for Indigenous communities.
- PhD (2020): Health Behavior and Health Promotion, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
- MPH (2016): Health Behavior and Health Promotion, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
- BS (2012): Anatomy & Physiology, College of Medicine Tucson, University of Arizona
- Promoting Indigenous adolescent health, wellness, and resilience through cultural engagement
- Indigenous mental and behavioral health including prevention of suicide and substance use
- Community-based participatory research with Indigenous communities or organizations
- Indigenous evaluation methodologies including mixed methods research
- Evaluation of the health impacts of the Violence Against Women Act in Indigenous Communities
- Research that will further inform public health initiatives and policy for Indigenous communities
- Hunter, A.M., Greenstone, S., McCafferty, K., Williamson, H.J. (2024). Recommendations for modernizing a culturally grounded substance use prevention program for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 31(1). doi: 10.5820/aian.3101.2024.50
- Baldwin, J.A., Alvarado, A., Jarratt-Snider, K., Hunter, A.M., et. al. (2023). Understanding resilience and mental wellbeing in Southwest Indigenous Nations and the impact of COVID-19: Protocol for a multi-method study. JMIR Research Protocols, 12. doi: 10.2196/44727
- Hunter, A.M., Richards, J., Camplain, C., Ali-Joseph, A. (2022). Between two worlds: Impacts of COVID-19 on the AI/AN health research workforce. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 29(2). doi: 10.5820/aian.2902.2022.183
- O’Keefe, V.M., Fish, J., Maudrie, T.L., Hunter, A.M., Tai Rakena, H.G., Ullrich, J.S., Clifford, C., Crawford, A., Brockie, T., Walls, M., et al. (2022) Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 6271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106271
- Hunter, A.M., Carlos, M., Muniz, F.B., Lameman, B., Nuno, V.L., Fox, M.J., Carvajal, S., Yuan, N. (2022). Participation in a culturally-grounded program strengthens cultural identity, self-esteem, and resilience in urban Indigenous adolescents. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.2901.2022.1
- Hunter, A.M., Carlos, M., Nuno, V.L., Fox, M.J., Carvajal, S., Yuan, N. (2022). Native Spirit: Development of a culturally-grounded after-school program to promote wellbeing among American Indian adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 70, 242-251. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12590
- Solomon, T.A., Jones, D., Laurila, K., Ritchey, J., Hunter, A.M., Villanueva, B. (2021). Using the Community Readiness Model to assess American Indian communities readiness to address cancer prevention and control programs and cancer research. Journal of Cancer Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02100-4
- Hunter, A.M. and Tippeconic-Fox, M. J. (2020). Strengthening the link between education policy, culturally responsive schooling, and American Indian and Alaska Native Health. Journal of Indigenous Early Childhood Education. 1(1). https://nau.edu/coe/ejiece/
- Native Spirit: Culturally-grounded substance use prevention for Indigenous adolescents
- MOSAIC K99-R00 funded through NIH-NIDA (2022-2027)
- Indigenous cultural engagement and health secondary data analysis
- Funded through Indigenous Wellness Research Institute INSPIRE program
- Evaluating the Health and Economic Impacts of the Violence Against Women Act
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHS 100 | Optimizing Health&Performance |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHS 100 | Optimizing Health&Performance |