Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Organization: Delaware Nation PO Box 825 or 31064 US Hwy 281 Anadarko, OK 73005 Demographic and Target Population: Our geographic location is in the same community as the IHS Anadarko Service Unit. We are rural with limited access to specialty services, the nearest city with specialty medical services is 60 miles, and we are 45 miles from IHS Lawton Service Unit. The rural location limits our services and supplies. The activities we offer are limited to our funding and access to facilities that can hold any planned events or activities. The Delaware Nation Special Diabetes program is a diabetes prevention program. We work with the Native community to prevent diabetes. We plan innovative ways of events to get participants physically active and motivated. We provide nutrition education and physical education activities, lifestyle change classes for diabetes prevention along with diabetes education. Keeping participants motivated and engaged for long term is challenging yet we push through. The Special Diabetes Program is a great funding opportunity to prevent diabetes and improve the health and wellness of Native Americans within our area. The prevalence of diabetes in the Anadarko Service Unit Area is 4.3%. The significant complications due to diabetes are neuropathy,high blood pressure,foot ulcers, amputations and obesity. The key diabetes-related health issues are due to a lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, lack of nutrition education, poor blood sugar control, poor blood pressure control, and an overall unhealthy lifestyle that leads to diabetes. Based on our Community Health Needs Assessment, there is a need for increased physical activities, nutrition education. The Delaware Nation SDPI Program plans to increase physical activities in the community along with diabetes prevention classes and diabetes prevention outreach activities within the community of Anadarko Oklahoma. Our Collaboration with other tribal diabetes programs has been the strongest it has ever been and we will continue to grow from here and get even stronger.
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