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Commission on Native Children Virtual Hearing: Physical Health—Diabetes and Nutrition

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This panel will examine trends in diabetes prevention, intervention and treatment and nutrition in Native communities, and innovative opportunities to transform the high incidence of diabetes and improve wellness for Native children and youth. American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth have the highest prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes compared with youth of all other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Providers need to consider several important differences in approaches to testing and treatment of youth with diabetes, as compared with adults. As evidenced by the Special Diabetes Program at the Indian Health Service, diabetes, and childhood diabetes in particular, occurs at disproportionate rates for Native children and youth, and the program is demonstrating some success in reducing these rates. Successful community-based approaches to reduce the incidence of diabetes, provide appropriate treatment, and approaches to nutrition will be highlighted as effective means to address these issues. The panelists will provide practice-based, academic and research perspectives on opportunities and challenges to improve these health outcomes for Native children.

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Mar 10, 2023 02:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Mar 10, 2023 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Commission on Native Children Virtual Hearing: Physical Health—Diabetes and Nutrition Register in advance for this webinar: https://doitalent.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_P-wStcufQ9ufNDMjpoJd3Q Or an H.323/SIP room system: H.323: 161.199.138.10 (US West) or 161.199.136.10 (US East) Meeting ID: 160 468 6788 SIP: 1604686788@sip.zoomgov.com After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Dr.PH, M.P.H (Professor of Rural Health and Medicine and Director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy @Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences) Dr. Jernigan has been the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on more than 10 NIH-funded trials to improve food systems and health in Indigenous communities. She led the THRIVE study, the first randomized trial of healthy makeovers in tribal convenience stores, the FRESH study, a farm-to-school intervention to support healthy eating patterns among Native American children, and a newly launched Indigenous Supported Agriculture study to promote sustainable changes to the food environment and health in Native communities. Dr. Jernigan leads the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity, funded by the Office of Minority Health, which supports community-based initiatives to restore traditional food systems and practices in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Spero M. Manson, Ph.D. (Little Shell Chippewa) (Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry @Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Center) Spero M. Manson, Ph.D. (Little Shell Chippewa) is Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, directs the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, and occupies the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health within the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Center. His programs include 10 national centers, which pursue research, program development, training, and collaboration with 225 Native communities, spanning rural, reservation, urban, and village settings across the country. A medical anthropologist, Dr. Manson has acquired $268 million in sponsored research to support this work and published 280+ articles on the assessment, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of physical, alcohol, drug, as well as mental health problems over the developmental life span of Native people. Jean Baggenstoss-Good (Kiowa/Cochiti) (Director of Programs-Native food and Agricultural Program @First Nations Development Institute) A-dae (Kiowa/Cochiti) was born and raised in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico and comes from the Toyekoyah/Komalty Family from Hog Creek, Oklahoma on the Kiowa side. Mrs. Romero-Briones works as Director of Programs-Native food and Agricultural Program for First Nations Development Institute and Co-founder/director of the California Tribal Fund. She is formerly the Director of Community Development for Pulama Lana’i. She is also the co-founder and former Executive Director of non-profit for Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Mrs. Romero-Briones worked for the University of Arkansas’ Indigenous Food and Agricultural Initiative while she was getting her LLM in Food and Agricultural Law.

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