Obesity and Diabetes in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska: From Community Engagement to Action, 2014-2019

Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 Aug 8:16:E103. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.190181.

Abstract

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska implemented interventions to promote the health of their people, focusing on community-selected and culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental (PSE) improvements to reduce the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The interventions were implemented as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) 2014-2019 Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country program. The Winnebago Tribe used CDC's CHANGE community health assessment tool to prioritize and direct their interventions. They integrated findings from a community health assessment tool with observations from tribal working groups and implemented 6 new evidence-based PSE interventions. Their successful approaches - selected by the Winnebago community, culturally relevant, and driven by scientific assessment -demonstrate the value of flexibility in CDC grant programs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Culturally Competent Care / methods*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / ethnology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / prevention & control
  • Health Policy*
  • Health Promotion* / methods
  • Health Promotion* / organization & administration
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Humans
  • Indigenous Peoples / statistics & numerical data
  • Nebraska
  • Obesity* / diagnosis
  • Obesity* / ethnology
  • Obesity* / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Program Evaluation
  • Public Health / methods
  • United States / epidemiology