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DE0619: Diabetes Online CDE: Nutrition, Culture, and Indigenous Foods in Alaska

 
Date: 3/16/2022 - 9/30/2022
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Online
Location: Online
Level: Basic
Audience: Assistants, Dentists, DHA, Hygienists
Quota: 1 - 1000 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 1.00 (Total CDE); 1.00 (DANB Non-Clinical); 1.00 (AGD - 149)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

This session will provide information on various indigenous food ways in Alaska. It will also discuss the use of indigenous foods and the therapeutic value of providing access to these foods. Finally, this presentation will provide insight into the Alaska Native Traditional Foods Movement and recommendations that empower people to create a movement for their own communities.


Learning Objectives:

1.   Develop diabetes education that encourages use of indigenous food ways.
2.   Educate customer-owners [i.e., patients, residents, clients, etc.] about the importance of indigenous [Alaska Native, Native American and Native Hawaiian] foods and how they improve health and well-being.
3. Identify one change you can make in your clinical or public health practice that may help encourage or restore healthy aspects of indigenous lifestyles.


Speaker / Presenter:

Melissa Chlupach — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at machlupach@alaska.edu.

Flora Deacon — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at flora.deacon@gmail.com.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

NA

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.