Diabetes Education and Science to Instruct Native Youth

描述(由申请人提供)： 基韦诺湾奥吉布瓦社区学院糖尿病教育和科学项目，指导土著青年(命运)。糖尿病的流行使其受害者慢慢失去能力，功能下降，生活质量下降。美国印第安人的糖尿病发病率比非土著人口高得多，同时还有社会、文化和经济障碍，阻碍了预防教育和生活方式的改变。这些障碍加剧了糖尿病发病率的差异。命运项目的目标是1)改善土著人民的健康态度和行为，2)利用保护性文化知识和社区支持来加强健康/科学教育，3)使青年能够积极主动地关注他们在社区中的健康、教育和领导潜力。因此，更多的年轻人将寻求科学/卫生事业，并返回教书/影响社区。这些目标将通过实现以下目标来实现： 目标1：为K-6年级(2个一周单元/年级)开发基于糖尿病模型的补充科学课程材料，其中将包括旨在鼓励美洲原住民学生做出健康生活方式选择并进入科学和健康职业生涯的部分内容。 目标2：发展具有文化敏感性的可复制的共同课程和代际社区活动，旨在鼓励健康的生活方式选择和科学/健康事业。 目标3：制定培训教师、学校工作人员、社区活动领导人和志愿者的方法和材料。 目标4：通过演示文稿、出版物和网上张贴来传播材料和模型。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Project Diabetes Education and Science to Instruct Native Youth (DESTINY). The diabetes epidemic disables its victims slowly, reducing function and diminishing the quality of life. American Indians have a much higher rate of diabetes than the non-native population, along with social cultural, and economic barriers to prevention education and lifestyle changes. These barriers exacerbate the disparity in incidence of diabetes. The goals of the DESTINY Project are to 1) improve health attitudes and behaviors of Native people, 2) use protective cultural knowledge and community support to enhance health/science education, 3) empower youth to become proactive about their health, education and leadership potential in the community. As a result, more youth will seek science/health careers and return to teach/influence the community. The goals will be achieved by pursuing the following objectives: Objective 1: to develop supplementary science curriculum materials based on a diabetes model for grades K-6 (2 one-week units/grade) which will include components designed to encourage Native American students to make healthy lifestyle choices and enter science and health careers. Objective 2: to develop replicable co-curricular and intergenerational community activities that are culturally sensitive and designed to encourage healthy lifestyle choices and science/health careers. Objective 3: to develop methods and materials for training teachers, school staff, community activity leaders and volunteers. Objective 4: to disseminate the materials and models through presentations, publications and internet postings.