Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
For its FY 2023 Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI), the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (“Pokagon Band”) proposes to implement depression screening as its Best Practice. People with diabetes are two to three times more likely to have depression than people without diabetes. Depression can increase the risk of diabetes complications, including heart disease, nerve damage, and early death. Patients with diabetes will be routinely screened for depression when visiting the Pokagon Health Services Clinic, and those showing signs of depression will be referred for additional services as appropriate. Pokagon Health Services will also raise awareness about depression and its relationship to diabetes through educational handouts and during community events, and the Clinic team will be trained on resources available in the community to help patients with depression. In addition to activities related to the Best Practice, Pokagon Health Services will seek to raise awareness about diabetes in the Pokagon community and provide services and events focused on good nutrition. These activities/services will include the annual Light the Way 5K diabetes night-time run held in November during Diabetes Awareness Month; education about the importance of breastfeeding and support for lactating mothers; consulting on healthy meals for Elders lunches and children and youth programs; and an annual Baby Celebration to honor babies born the previous year, which includes education on breastfeeding, postpartum depression, healthy eating, and other topics. In implementing the SDPI program, Pokagon Health Services will collaborate with other tribal government departments, the Healthy Start/Home Visiting Program utilizing the Family Spirit curriculum, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, the Cassopolis Council on Aging, and the Van Buren and Cass County health departments.
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