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First Nations and Inuit Health Direction générale de la santé des Premières nations et des Inuits Community Diabetes Prevention Worker Training Atlantic Region National Aboriginal Health Organization Conference Ottawa, ON November 24, 2009
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Transcript of Community Diabetes Prevention Worker Training
First Nations
and Inuit Health
Direction générale
de la santé
des Premières nations
et des Inuits
Community Diabetes Prevention Worker Training
Atlantic Region
National Aboriginal Health Organization Conference
Ottawa, ON
November 24, 2009
• 2006 Spring – FN/Regional/HQ planning for Community
Diabetes Prevention Workers Pilot Project
• Curriculum reviewed to meet Core Competencies
• First Nations Cultural component including teachings by
Elder, First Nations site, training around 4 seasons, later
changed to 6 sessions
• Graduation celebration
June 2007 – 9 graduates
June 2008 – 8 graduates
July 2008 – 8 graduates
June 2009 – 9 graduates
FNIH, Atlantic Region, CDPW
Course Overview• Yellowquill College, Winnipeg
• Diabetes
Overview, signs & symptoms, types of diabetes
Team building/changing the way you look at change
Presentation skills
Nutrition/healthy meals/exercise
Family impacts
Personal care
Motivating a community
Assignments/tests
Traditional Teachings
• Elder Josie opens and closes First Nation sessions with smudging and prayers
• Shares traditional teachings using the Turtle
• Picking of traditional medicines and making medicine pouches
• Shares songs and stories
• Inuit Elders also joined and shared during the Inuit workers training
Learning Results
Group Completion Pre-Program
Mark
Post-Program
Mark
Pre-Post
Growth
Average
Growth
GPA Average
GPA
1 9/11 14% - 60% 56% - 76% 8% - 50% 24% 69% - 94% 83%
2 8/11 40% - 60% 64% - 82% 5% - 39% 23% 79% - 92% 83%
3 8/10 35% - 67% 70% - 92% 10% - 48% 29% 79% - 92% 85%
4 9/11 14% - 70% 66% - 86% 6% - 62% 32% 81% - 91% 86%
Learning Change Pre and Post Course
Group 1 - 9 Students
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Group 2 - 8 Students
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Group 3 - 8 Students
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Where Do We Go From Here?
• Annual Community Health Workers Diabetes
Education Workshop
• Video Conferencing for teaching and sharing
• Chronic Disease Prevention Training Pilot
• National CDPW Continuing Education Workshop
