Pamela Jumper-Thurman

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Pamela Jumper-Thurman
BornPamela Sue Jumper
(1947-09-01) September 1, 1947 (age 76)
OccupationEpidemiologist, researcher, author
Nationality Cherokee Nation, American
Alma mater Oklahoma State University
SpouseGary Oliver Thurman (m. 1971)

Pamela Jumper-Thurman (born Pamela Sue Jumper; September 1, 1947) is an American academic, epidemiologist, researcher, evaluator, and grantsmanship consultant. She is best known for her role in the development of the Community Readiness Model [1] and as co-editor of the legacy book Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words. [2] She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a jeweler. [3]

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Jumper-Thurman is the President and co-owner of Council Oak Training and Evaluations, Inc., [4] with Barbara Plested.

Career

Jumper-Thurman began her academic career working as a research associate at the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University (CSU) and moved to the position of senior research scientist. She later worked as senior research scientist in the CSU's ethnic studies department. There she also served as the project. director of the National Center for Community and Organizational Readiness. [5]

She has worked on cultural issues utilizing participatory community research, prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD), methamphetamine treatment and prevention, prevention of violence and victimization, rural women's concerns, prevention and education about HIV/AIDS, opioid use, COVID-19, and solvent abuse. She is one of the primary developers of the Community Readiness Model, [6] which assists communities in creating positive community change around a specific issue by facilitating their progression through a series of nine stages of readiness. [7] [8] The model has been used extensively in Native American communities for a variety of social challenges. It has also been used by many other races. The World Health Organization has also adapted the model to fund five countries to address the issue of child maltreatment. The model has been used extensively throughout the world.

Jumper-Thurman assisted the First Nations people throughout Canada to utilize the Community Readiness Model in various projects and worked with First Lady Laura Bush and First Lady of Ohio, Hope Taft, as a trainer on Community Readiness for the Helping America's Youth campaign and the Building Bridges campaign, respectively.[ citation needed ]

She has served as a member of the national Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Advisory Council [9] and Rosalynn Carter's Caregiving Panels and has served as Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator for 18 federally funded grants and evaluated more than 100 federally funded projects throughout the United States.

Publications

Jumper-Thurman has co-authored numerous papers. Some of her publications are as follows:

She has also created and produced 20 PSAs targeted at HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, and awareness while serving as the lead for the Annual Launch of National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day campaign, [10] [11] and has held over 1,500 presentations, keynote speeches, and workshops in the U.S, the U.S. territories, Israel, Italy, Wales, Ireland, and Canada.

Jumper-Thurman is the co-editor and author of Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words, [12] [13] a collection of biographical information and quotations from Cherokee National Treasures.

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References

  1. ↑ "Featured Psychologist: Pamela Jumper Thurman, PhD". apa.org. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words. Cherokee Nation. 2017. ISBN   978-1934397183.
  3. ↑ Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words. Cherokee Nation. 2017. ISBN   9781934397183 . Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Council Oak Training and Evaluation, Inc. – Grove, OK". Alignable. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "CA7AE: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project" (PDF). Colorado State University. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Plested, Barbara A.; Jumper-Thurman, Pamela; Edwards, Ruth W. (2014). "Community Readiness Manual on Suicide Prevention in Native Communities" (PDF). Center for Applied CSU Studies in American Ethnicity. Kauffman & Associates, Inc. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Honoring Innovations Report" (PDF). NICWA.org.
  8. ↑ "Community Readiness" (PDF). ndhealth.gov. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ Changing the Conversation: Improving Substance Abuse Treatment: The National Treatment Plan Initiative. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 2000. p. 43. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY" (PDF).
  11. ↑ Vernon, Irene; Thurman, Pamela (January 2002). "Prevention of HIV/AIDS in Native American communities: promising interventions". Public Health Reports. 117 (Suppl 1): S96-103. PMC   1913700 . PMID   12435833.
  12. ↑ ""Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words" receives international recognition". Native News Online.
  13. ↑ ""Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words" wins award". Muskogee Phoenix. May 12, 2018.
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