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Diabetes Disparities on the Wind River Indian Reservation:
This grant to Sundance Research Institute and the Eastern Shoshone
Tribe, funded by the Merck Company
Foundation’s
Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes,
provides five years of funding to conduct diabetes education,
provider cultural education, and system changes to improve
diabetes outcomes on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Strategies to improve outcomes include increasing community
awareness of diabetes and prevention, building a community
coalition to increase resources and coordination of services
for diabetes prevention and management, offering
culturally-tailored diabetes self-management education programs
taught by lay health educators, providing follow-up and support
for lifestyle changes, providing transportation and other
assistance to increase regular clinical visits for diabetes
monitoring, and coordinating Tribal and Indian Health Service
diabetes clinical and support programs.
Sundance Research Institute is serving as the fiscal manager
of the grant, providing technical assistance and support to
implementation activities, and will conduct the evaluation of
the impacts of the Tribal interventions.
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