The Programs
Managing chronic diseases such as diabetes requires a comprehensive approach that addresses all aspects from motivation to education, screening, monitoring, treatment, and adoption of healthy lifestyle. It also requires the infrastructure support from the healthcare team and services to funding and information technology. These requirements applies to each individual with diabetes on the micro level and also to any community based initiative on the macro level. Overall all of these activities must address the culture and level of readiness to receive and apply these programs on the individual and community levels. Community based programs must also addresses prevention and management, including all age groups. Although it sounds like a massive task, the key is integrating these activities within existing programs.
Diabetes and My Nation model consists of different integrated programs, these programs evolved through the interaction with different communities and individuals; these programs could apply as is to a specific community or modified to meet that community settings from available resources to culture.
Managing and preventing chronic diseases is not a short term initiative, it is long term, there is no cure for diabetes, individual with diabetes need support and monitoring for the rest of their life, also the programs they adopt has to evolve as they age; therefore, it is preferred that any program to be self sustained by the individual and/or communities.
A community event to share traditional food and activities, share knowledge about
diabetes....
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The Circle of Diabetes Self-Management - a one year program. Each month the Circle
will meet twice...
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A program for youth, promotes diabetes prevention through learning about their culture....
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An educational program for students in the 10-14 age groups in association....
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Traditional and none-traditional community based physical activities for all age
groups....
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TParticipants of Diabetes and My Nation program share their knowledge about ....
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