Informed by research, led by community.
Promoting Community Conversations About Research for Effective Solutions (PC CARES) is a community health intervention created and proven in remote tribal communities and schools in Alaska.
Learn about recent training outcomes in Alaska, or find out more about the evidence base for PC CARES.
PC CARES creates change by:
Translating research into community-determined solutions
Sharing information and ideas for prevention and wellness that apply across the prevention spectrum (universal, selective, and indicated prevention; post-vention)
Sparking action that works on multiple levels: Individual, interpersonal, family, school, community
Presentations, posters and talks






Funding for developing and supporting research on PC CARES was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (R34 MH096884, R01 MH112458 and R01 MH136768-01). Programming support provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), State of Alaska Garret Lee Smith (GLS) grant, and the Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention (OSMAP).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the PC CARES research team had to pivot away from in-person gatherings. Guided by expert feedback from a Local Steering Committee (LSC), the team implemented a distance-delivered approach that included:
1) Virtual PC CARES Learning Circles and
2) PC CARES at Home Care Packages.
This paper explores the development and acceptability of PC CARES at Home, which equipped community members with care packages containing health-promoting education (e.g., CDC recommendations for well-being), activities (e.g., conversation cards), and resources (e.g., snacks and stickers) adapted from the PC CARES curriculum.