COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE

社区参与和外展核心 俄克拉荷马州美国印第安人的糖尿病已达到不可接受的水平，估计患病率 14.5%。它被认为是一种巨大的流行病，残疾程度令人无法接受。 和死亡。不幸的是，研究表明，美国印第安人儿童和青少年现在处于 肥胖、糖耐量异常和T2D(2型糖尿病)的风险增加 考虑了中年人的问题。这是对患有1型糖尿病(T1D)的风险的补充， 传统上在儿童中更为常见。此外，怀孕期间患有糖尿病的母亲的后代在 这些结果的风险甚至更大。俄克拉荷马州印第安人糖尿病健康差异中心 被称为美国印第安人糖尿病预防中心(AIDPC)社区的OCAIDHD 参与/外联核心致力于糖尿病的初级和二级预防，重点是 美洲印第安人社区的儿童和青少年。社区参与/外展核心 涉及两个不同的项目，以解决糖尿病带来的健康差距：1)鹰图书项目，该项目 包括对Eagle丛书的传播、接受和利用的评价 在俄克拉何马州和新墨西哥州分发，以及2)专注于初选的美国印第安人青年资产项目 预防策略。

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH CORE Diabetes in Oklahoma American Indians has reached unacceptable levels, with an estimated prevalence rate of 14.5%. It is considered to be an epidemic of monumental proportions with unacceptable levels of disability and death. Unfortunately, research has indicated that American Indian children and adolescents are now at increased risk for obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance, and T2D (type 2 diabetes), conditions originally considered problems of middle-aged adults. This is in addition to the risk of having type 1 diabetes (T1D), traditionally more common in children. Furthermore, offspring of mothers with diabetes during pregnancy are at even greater risk for these outcomes. The Oklahoma Center for American Indian Diabetes Health Disparities (OCAIDHD), known as the American Indian Diabetes Prevention Center (AIDPC) Community Engagement/Outreach Core is dedicated to primary and secondary prevention of diabetes with a focus on children and adolescents of American Indian communities. The Community Engagement/Outreach Core involves two distinct projects to address health disparities from diabetes: 1) the Eagle Books Project, which includes the evaluation of the dissemination, receptiveness, and utilization of the Eagle Books Series distributed in Oklahoma and New Mexico, and 2) the American Indian Youth Asset Project focusing on primary prevention strategies.