Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan | |
The Steps to a HealthierUS five-year cooperative agreement program aims to help Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives by reducing the burden of diabetes, overweight, obesity, and asthma and addressing three related risk factors—physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use. For FY 2003, this U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) program allocated $13.6 million to fund 23 communities, including the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, to implement community action plans to reduce health disparities and promote quality health care and prevention services. Project Area
Target Population for Steps Interventions Michigan American Indian youth, elders, and adults. Proposed Interventions Tribal leaders will become advocates for primary prevention and will develop specific assessments and plans for Steps implementation in their communities. Media Policy School-Based Community-Based Workplace Health Care Evaluation HHS will provide training and technical assistance to help each Steps community develop measurable program objectives and specific indicators of progress and use relevant data to support ongoing program improvement. HHS also will conduct a national evaluation of the overall program. Existing data sources, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, will be used to identify and measure program outcomes and assess progress toward program goals. Community Consortium Tribal Head Start and Early Head Start programs, Michigan Department of Education, Title VII Indian Education program, tribal school staff, state 5 A Day Program, State Department of Community Health, American Lung Association, American Diabetes Association/Upper Peninsula Diabetes Outreach Network, Indian Health Service-supported programs (i.e., tribal community health staff, Tribal Fitness Center Directors, Tribal Gaming and Hotel Human Resources staff). Michigan Inter-Tribal Council Contact
Note: Steps communities have until May 2004 to finalize their community action plans. Proposed interventions may change accordingly. Return to Grantee List |