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Funding Period:
2003–2008
The Anishinaabe Steps Program in Michigan
CDC’s Steps Program funds states, cities, and tribal groups to implement
community-based chronic disease prevention programs to reduce the burden of
obesity, diabetes, and asthma by addressing three related risk factors:
physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use. Steps-funded programs
are showing what can be done locally in schools, work sites, communities,
and health care settings to promote healthier lifestyles and help people
make long-lasting and sustainable changes that can reduce their risk for
chronic diseases.
Background
The Anishinaabe Steps Program is building healthier tribal communities in
a large intervention area, covering 38 of the 83 counties in Michigan, by
working with schools, health care providers, work sites, and community
leaders. This area is part of the 4-state Indian Health Services region
known as the Bemidji Area. According to 2000 U.S. Census data, there are
more than 42,000 American Indians living in the intervention area. The Steps
Program reaches 8 of the 12 federally recognized tribal communities in
Michigan: Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Bands of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Hannahville Indian Community, Huron Potawatomi Indian
Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa
Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians. Anishaabe Steps efforts are focused on the significant
health impact of chronic diseases and health disparities in these American
Indian populations.
Spotlight on Success
In 2005, the Anishinaabe Steps Program collaborated with the Inter-Tribal
Council of Michigan, a consortium of the state’s 12 federally recognized
tribes, to conduct BRFSS surveys specifically tailored for American Indian
adults (ages 18 years and older). The results of the surveys provided
baseline data about health behaviors, including knowledge about disease
prevention, in this population. For example, more than 80% of American
Indian women older than age 40 reported having had a mammogram within the
past 2 years; also, 13% of respondents said they had been diagnosed with
diabetes and, of those, 57% said they had taken a class on managing the
condition. The survey captured tribal-specific information, which never
before existed in Michigan, that tribal leaders are using to design and
implement chronic disease prevention activities and provide support for
policy and environmental changes. Read this success story in The Steps
Program in Action, available at
www.cdc.gov/steps/success_stories/pdf/michigan.pdf (PDF-274KB).
Community Partnerships
The Tribal Community Partnerships are vital to the success of the
Anishinaabe Steps Program. The partnerships consist of both traditional and
nontraditional partners, including related health care departments within
the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and each of the eight Steps tribes.
Other partners include representatives from the State of Michigan,
cooperative extension services, Boys and Girls Clubs, academic institutions,
national health networks, and Indian Health Service-supported programs.
These various organizations guide the implementation and direction of
interventions in the Steps tribal communities.
Contact
Steps to a Healthier Anishinaabe
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
Telephone: 906-632-6896, x133
www.itcmi.org/steps*
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Page last reviewed: May 2, 2008
Page last modified: July 23, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and
Community Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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