Diabetes Projects
Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP)
Purpose
- To support American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in
developing effective strategies for diabetes care and prevention within
their communities
- To develop and sustain alliances with local, regional, and national
AI/AN organizations, other federal agencies, and nonprofit institutions to
help build strong links and increase the capacity for diabetes care and
prevention within AI/AN communities
Background
CDC established the NDWP in 1998. Funding was provided from the Balanced
Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, Public Law 105-33, with additional funding added
by the Indian Health
Service (IHS). The NDWP also supports the BBA Special Diabetes Program
for the Indians grant program administered through the IHS.
Strategic Planning
CDC's NDWP conducted eight regional meetings in 1999-2000 to gather ideas
from tribal community members, opinion leaders, and health care staff. The
meetings included more than 450 participants, representing more than a third
of the federally recognized tribes within the United States.
Regional meeting participants offered their ideas and suggestions for
NDWP activities that would benefit all AI/AN communities. Most participants
recommended that the NDWP become a central focal point to do the following:
- Share new ideas, materials, and training and technical assistance
resources;
- Provide tribal access to innovative technology;
- Network with other Indian organizations and federal agencies to
strengthen the AI/AN voice at the national level; and
- Promote sharing and communication about innovative tribal diabetes
care and prevention programs.
Regional meeting participants encouraged the development of a wide array
of AI/AN diabetes prevention partnerships for NDWP. These partnerships
included local, regional, and national tribal diabetes organizations and
federal and nonprofit agencies. Many participants suggested that NDWP help
create strategies for intertribal diabetes program sharing and development.
Based on recommendations from the regional meetings, the Tribal Leaders
Diabetes Committee, and the IHS, NDWP focused support for the following:
Tribal-Specific Education Systems
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- K-12 curriculum on diabetes and science, developed by tribal colleges
and universities
- Public scholarship opportunities for AI/AN students, community
members, and professionals
- Applying Geographic Information System (GIS) technology specific to
diabetes through a Web site and interactive CD-ROM
- Develop GIS training opportunities
- Develop diabetes program planning CD-ROM
Diabetes Self-Management Education
- AI/AN diabetes self-management tools and resources
- Health for Native Life, an AI/AN diabetes education and awareness
magazine
Intertribal Sharing of Diabetes Prevention Strategies
- Compendium development - "Stories Connecting 'What Works' in American
Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Responding to the Challenge of
Diabetes," in partnership with IHS
- Resource directory of community health worker (CHW) curricula and
training materials
- A video on CHW stories and CHW roles in community health
- Program evaluation technical assistance for (1) American Indian Higher
Education Consortium (AIHEC) tribal colleges and universities; and (2)
NDWP partner organizations
Related Links
The American Indian Higher Education
Consortium* (AIHEC)
Association of American Indian Physicians: http://www.aaip.com/diabetes/index.html*
Office of Native American Diabetes Programs — University of New Mexico:
http://nadp-online.netfirms.com/*
Current
Bibliographies in Medicine 96-6: American Indian and Alaska Native Health
(from National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) This
bibliography that covers 1990-1996 is currently being updated.
* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely
as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any
organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred.
The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization
Web pages found at this link.
More Information
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Page last reviewed: September 30, 2008
Page last modified: September 11, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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