Diabetes in Indigenous Communities: A Global Overview
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - Who and Where are the Indigenous Peoples?
- Epidemiology of Diabetes and Complications
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Complications
- What are the Causes?
Rapid Cultural Transition
Genetic Pre-Disposition
- Intervention Approaches
Biomedical and Sociocultural Models
Community-Based Participatory Interventions

Diabetes and Other Adverse Health Outcomes in Indigenous Australians: Another View
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - Life expectancy of Aboriginal people compared to non Aboriginal people in Australia
- Epidemiologic transition theory: comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations
- Indigenous epidemiologic transitions in the 21st century
- Conclusions

Indigenous Health - Hope on the Horizon?
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - Recent aboriginal health gains
- Recent aboriginal health losses
- Results of Diabetes Management & Care Program (DMCP)

Diabetes in Indigenous Communities: Diabetes & Pregnancy
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - The prevalence of diabetes and obesity in women of childbearing age
- The prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy in indigenous communities
- Outcomes of diabetes in pregnancy and postnatally
- What can be done in the management of diabetes in pregnancy?

Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Children in Canada
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- Diabetes prevalence in Kahnawake
- Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP): goal and interventions
- KSDPP results: nutrition, television and video watching, physical activity, weight change, capacity building

Type 2 Diabetes in Maori and Pacific Youth in New Zealand
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- Ethnic groups of New Zealand
- Prevalence of Obesity in New Zealand (focus on Maori and Pacific groups)
- Early presentation of T2DM in Northland Maori
- Prevalence of T2DM in adolescents in Aukland
- National audit of care outcomes in young people with diabetes in NZ
- Solutions for management of obesity and diabetes in New Zealand

Dispossession & Health - A Case Study
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - The impact of life changes on the health the aboriginal people.
- The impact of mining on nature and the lives of the aboriginal people
- The effects of banning fish traps on the health of the aboriginal people

A Traditional Diet for the Modern World
2006-11-13 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - The history of the obesity epidemic
- The traditional Aboriginal diet
- The modern low-carb ketogenic diets
- Clinical trial in an Aboriginal community

Diabetes in American Indians: Cultural Perspectives and Policy Issues
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - Diabetes in American Indians
- Health Policy Issues & Diabetes
- Comparison of Modern and Traditional Medicine
- The Medicine Wheel in Practice

Special Diabetes Programs for American Indians
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- Diabetes and Obesity among American Indians/Alaska Natives
- The Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI)
- Primary Prevention in SDPI

Preventing Diabetes in NZ Maoris
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - The Ngati & Healthy Community Project: setting, research, interventions, collaboration and evaluation
- What needs to be done to prevent diabetes (public health stance)

Preventing Diabetes in Indigenous Australians
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- Diet and lifestyle of Aborigines as hunter gatherers
- Aborigines after westernisation
- Burden of chronic diseases in Indigenous Australians
- Burden of diabetes in Aboriginal and TSI...(more)

From Policy to Practice- Implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- Under-nutrition in early life in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people
- Over-nutrition in later life in ATSI people
- The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (NATSINSAP): purpose, seven action areas and achievements so far
- NATSINSAP: What's next

Care of Diabetes in Indigenous Communities
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:

- The Indian Health Service (IHS)
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Lessons Learned

Complications of Diabetes in Indigenous Communities
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss: - Social disadvantages of Indigenous Australians
- Causes of death of Indigenous Australians
- Indigenous CVD differentials and CVD risk factors
- The combination of factors causing Indigenous vascular risk
- Cardiovascular consequences of diabetes
- Diabetes and health risk factors in Aboriginal people

Renal Complications in Australian Indigenous Communities
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation the participant will be able to discuss:
- The burden of end-stage kidney disease in indigenous Australians
- Indigenous kidney disease myths
- Challenges to health service delivery to indigenous Australians

Diabetes in Inuit Communities - Treatment & Prevention
2006-11-14 - English

The Eskimos are indigenous residents of northern circumpolar regions in multiple countries and territories, and are comprised of two groups. The Inuit are found along the north coast of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, while the Yupik reside mainly in Western Alaska and...(more)

Preventing Diabetes in Pima and American Indians
2006-11-14 - English

After viewing this presentation, the participant will be able to discuss:

- Where Pima Indians live
- Prevalence of T2DM in Arizona vs. Mexican Pima Indians
- Diabetes prevention in American Indians (Results from the DPP)
- The role of breastfeeding in prevention of T2DM
- Results of diabetes prevention interventions in the Gila River Community