Good Health & Wellness in Indian Country – CDC

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Rocky Mountain Tribal Request for Proposal

Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Grant, Component 2 recipient (GHWIC2) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity to support improving health status of American Indians of Montana and Wyoming Tribal communities. The purpose of this opportunity is to reduce rates of death and disability from 1) commercial tobacco use, 2) diabetes, 3) heart disease and stroke, and 4) reduce the prevalence of obesity and other chronic disease risk factors and conditions experienced by the American Indian population.

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Priority Areas and/or Areas of Focus

The Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country project promotes a holistic approach to chronic disease management and prevention.  We provide training to Tribes to increase knowledge, awareness, strategies, and skills to promote culturally effective chronic disease management and prevention among Tribal members.

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Program Goals

• Goal One: Health & Wellness
  Contribute to solutions that increase the number of American Indians who are successfully managing their chronic health condition
• Goal Two: Capacity Building & Training
  Increase the skills of health care providers to promote effective cross-cultural assistance for patients managing chronic disease
• Goal Three: Coalition Building
  Assist in the strengthening of collaborations and communication between Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Departments, Diabetes Departments, Tribal Leaders, Etc.
• Goal Four: Prevention
  Reduce the prevalence of chronic disease among Tribal members by drawing on the strengths of the community

Strategies and Approaches

The GHWIC program uses a socioecological model to reach project goals through the following strategies:

• Group Lifestyle Balance
• Tribal Approach to Health & Wellness
• Peer to Peer Support
• Health Education
• Nutrition Support
• Physical Activity Support
• American Indian Life Skills
• Traditional Native Games
• Strategies for Coping with Stress
• Self-Care
• Commercial Tobacco Prevention & Management
• Coalition Building
• Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
• Policy Implementation and Enhancement

Key Partners

The following tribes are active participants in the GHWIC program:

CORE:

• Blackfeet Nation
• Eastern Shoshone Tribe

TOBACCO:

• Assinibone Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck Reservation
• Blackfeet Nation
• Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy Reservation
• Crow Tribe
• Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation
• Gros Ventre and Assinibone Tribes of Fort Belknap Reservation
• Little Shell Chippewa Tribe
• The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Reservation
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe
• Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation

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