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Sociology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Series

2012

Health education

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Type 2 Diabetes Science And American Indian / Alaska Native Culture: Creating A National K-12 Curriculum Prevention Strategy For Native Youth, Carolee Dodge Francis, Michelle Chino Feb 2012

Type 2 Diabetes Science And American Indian / Alaska Native Culture: Creating A National K-12 Curriculum Prevention Strategy For Native Youth, Carolee Dodge Francis, Michelle Chino

Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications

Preventing and reducing the onset of type 2 diabetes among American Indian/Alaska Native youth requires educational strategies to affect knowledge, attitudes, and cognitive decision-making skills. In an unparalleled effort to address the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in tribal communities, eight tribal colleges and three federal agencies collaborated to develop and implement a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade (K–12) Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools curriculum. This article outlines the scientific and cultural development of a comprehensive K–12 science curriculum as a targeted health prevention strategy.


Disease Prevalence And Behavioral Risk In Nevada, Shannon M. Monnat Jan 2012

Disease Prevalence And Behavioral Risk In Nevada, Shannon M. Monnat

Social Health of Nevada Reports

Throughout the last several years, people living in the United States have engaged in intense debates about health care reform, costs, and mandates. What is often missing from these debates is arguably the key issue in American health: What is making us sick in the first place?