Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2012
Publication Title
Diabetes Spectrum
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Volume
25
Issue
1
First page number:
23
Last page number:
26
Abstract
Preventing and reducing the onset of type 2 diabetes among American Indian/Alaska Native youth requires educational strategies to affect knowledge, attitudes, and cognitive decision-making skills. In an unparalleled effort to address the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in tribal communities, eight tribal colleges and three federal agencies collaborated to develop and implement a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade (K–12) Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools curriculum. This article outlines the scientific and cultural development of a comprehensive K–12 science curriculum as a targeted health prevention strategy.
Keywords
Alaska Native youth; Health education; Health promotion; Indian youth; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes – Prevention
Disciplines
Diseases | Endocrine System Diseases | Medicine and Health | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Race and Ethnicity
Language
English
Permissions
This is an author-created, uncopyedited electronic version of an article accepted for publication in Diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (ADA), publisher of Diabetes, is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it by third parties. The definitive publisher-authenticated version will be available in a future issue of Diabetes in print and online at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org.
Repository Citation
Dodge Francis, C.,
Chino, M.
(2012).
Type 2 Diabetes Science and American Indian / Alaska Native Culture: Creating a National K-12 Curriculum Prevention Strategy for Native Youth.
Diabetes Spectrum, 25(1),
23-26.
American Diabetes Association.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/env_occ_health_fac_articles/50
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