Health Promotion and Diabetes Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities — Traditional Foods Project, 2008–2014

Satterfield, Dawn; DeBruyn, Lemyra; Santos, M.E.M.; Alonso, Larry; Frank, Melinda

doi:10.15585/mmwr.su6501a3

Cited by 49 publications

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“…Prevention should be critically informed by the social contexts that shape the health of Indigenous peoples, as well as resourced to ensure effectiveness and sustainability. For example, the United States-based Traditional Foods Project aimed to increase access to traditional foods, physical activity and social support (88). Indigenous communities across the country applied their traditional ecological knowledge, specific to the history and culture of their tribe, to protect their communities' land, languages, culture, memory and traditional food practices.…”

Section: Primary Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Type 2 Diabetes and Indigenous Peoples

Crowshoe¹,

Dannenbaum²,

Green³

et al. 2018

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

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Section: Primary Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Type 2 Diabetes and Indigenous Peoples

Crowshoe¹,

Dannenbaum²,

Green³

et al. 2018

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

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“…The many heterogenous American Indian/Native Alaskan (AI/NA) and immigrant populations provide powerful examples to consider in dialogues around access to cultural and religious foods. Reinforcing traditional foods and cultural practices is a promising approach to address the disproportionately high rates of diabetes experienced by many AI/NA groups (Satterfield et al 2016). Some research suggests that the nutrition transition that AI/NA populations experienced over the course of history is partially responsible (Story et al 1998;Welty, 1991).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

State Regulations to Support Children’s Cultural and Religious Food Preferences in Early Care and Education

Looby

Frost²,

Gonzalez-Nahm

et al. 2019

Matern Child Health J

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Objective In July 2018 the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released a benchmark encouraging early care and education (ECE) programs, including child care centers and family child care homes, to incorporate cultural and religious food preferences of children into meals. We examined the extent to which states were already doing so through their ECE licensing and administrative regulations prior to the release of the benchmark. This review may serve as a baseline to assess future updates, if more states incorporate the benchmark into their regulations. Methods For this cross-sectional study, we reviewed ECE regulations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (hereafter states) through June 2018. We assessed consistency with the benchmark for centers and homes. We conducted Spearman correlations to estimate associations between the year the regulations were updated and consistency with the benchmark. Results Among centers, eight states fully met the benchmark, 11 partially met the benchmark, and 32 did not meet the benchmark. Similarly for homes, four states fully met the benchmark, 13 partially met the benchmark, and 34 did not meet the benchmark. Meeting the benchmark was not correlated with the year of last update for centers (P = 0.54) or homes (P = 0.31). Conclusions Most states lacked regulations consistent with the benchmark. Health professionals can help encourage ECE programs to consider cultural and religious food preferences of children in meal planning. And, if feasible, states may consider additional regulations supporting cultural and religious preferences of children in future updates to regulations.

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“…In another study of Native American women, Goins et al (290) found that A1C and poor diabetes control correlated with psychological trauma and low social support. In the Traditional Foods Project (2008-2014), local HCP and community members were engaged to prevent T2D through sustainable, evaluable, and ecological approaches (291). A network of other programs to benefit Native Americans that emphasize physical activity as part of T2D prevention include those funded by the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, the Together Raising Awareness for Indian Life (TRAIL), the IHS National Congress of American Indians and Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention, Boys and Girls Clubs, Nike, FirstPic, Inc, and the Office of Women's Health (280).…”

Section: Diabetes Carementioning

confidence: 99%