NIH/DETS
The DETS Project is part of a national effort to decrease the incidence and improve the care of type 2 diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives. The DETS Project is a K-12 curriculum that has a multidisciplinary approach. The DETS curriculum consists of units that incorporate national education standards, inquiry learning, and American Indian / Alaska Native cultural and community knowledge. Mission of the Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS) Project:
A. Increase the understanding of health, diabetes, and maintaining life in balance among American Indian / Alaska Native
children, families, and communities.
B. Increase the number of American Indian / Alaska Native people in science or health careers.
Diabetes Based Science Education in Tribal Schools (DETS) grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
• Partners
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Cankdeska Cikana Community College
• Fort Peck Community College
• Haskell Indian Nations University
• Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College; Northwest Indian College
• Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
• Stone Child College
• Woodlands Wisdom/Leech Lake
• Indian Health Service
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control
Diabetes Education Resources
• http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
• http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/americanindian/index.htm
• http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/prev/prevention.htm#americanindians
• http://www.diabetes.org