Diabetes Education and Science for Native Americans

描述(由申请人提供)： 通过糖尿病教育和科学指导本土青年(命运) 项目，Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa社区学院试图完成 以下目标：1)准确记录以下疾病的流行和发病率 KBIC部落成员中的糖尿病，2)减少以下人群的糖尿病发病率 KBIC青少年，18岁及以下，创建糖尿病教育课程 这将是土著人民持续不断的信息和教育来源 美国青年，创建青年计划，旨在鼓励青年 选择与科学和健康相关的职业道路，以糖尿病为榜样 教授生物学，整合Ojibwa文化，促进和提高他们的 学习，并提供可能影响健康生活方式的信息 选择，以及5)增加美国原住民学生进入 中学后教育，特别是在卫生领域。为了获得 这些目标，命运项目将使用以结果为基础的绩效 措施项目，其活动旨在完成所述的每一项 目标。Destination的目标是：1)开发糖尿病评估 为特定年龄段的部落青年提供工具，2)开发糖尿病青年 筛查计划和数据库，3)创建糖尿病教育课程， 融合Ojibwa传统和相关科学，4)开发特定年龄的 关于糖尿病预防和健康事业的青年计划，创建一篇论文 记录青少年预防糖尿病活动的“典范” 保留社区，以及6)开展糖尿病教育宣传 方法通过技术手段。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Through the Diabetes Education and Science To Instruct Native Youth (DESTINY) project, the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College seeks to accomplish the following goals: 1) accurate documenting the prevalence and incidence of diabetes among KBIC tribal members, 2) reducing the incidence of diabetes among the KBIC youth, aged 18 and under, 3) creating a diabetes education curriculum that will be a continuous source of information and education for Native American youth, 4) creating youth programs designed to encourage youth to select science and health related career paths, using diabetes as a model for teaching biology, integrating Ojibwa culture to promote and enhance their learning, and providing information that may influence healthy lifestyle choices, and 5) increasing the number of Native American students entering post-secondary education, particularly in the health field. In order to obtain these goals, the DESTINY project will use an Outcomes-Based Performance Measures project whereby activities are designed to accomplish each stated objective. The objectives of DESTINY are to: 1) develop diabetes assessment tools for specific age groups of tribal youth, 2) develop a diabetic youth screening program and database, 3) create a diabetes education curriculum that incorporates Ojibwa tradition and related sciences, 4) develop age specific youth programs on diabetes prevention and health careers, create a paper documenting the "model" of youth diabetes prevention activities within reservation communities, and 6) develop diabetes education dissemination methods through technology.