A Family-Centered Ojibwe Substance Abuse Prevention

Bii-Zin-Da-De-Dah (Listening to One Another) is a family-centered alcohol and drug prevention program for Anishinabe communities. It was the first American Indian adaptation of the Iowa Strengthening Families Program (now called the Strengthening Families Program). This program has been developed and adapted in partnership with multiple Anishinabe communities over a span of 13 years. Bii-Zin-Da-De-Dah has been enormously popular in communities. It is currently the center piece of a National Canadian Mental Health Promotion Program funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Now in its third Phase, focusing on national scale-up among first nations people, it has been adapted for eight cultures and translated into French in a recent implementation in Canada.