SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM FOR INDIANS - THE NAVAJO NATION’S SIZE (AT 27,000 SQUARE MILES, IT IS LARGER THAN 10 US STATES) AND DIVERSE POPULATION – OVER 332,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN 110 CHAPTER COMMUNITIES, MORE THAN 20 BORDER TOWNS, AND MANY URBAN AREAS MEAN THAT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES NEED TO REACH A LARGE AREA, WITH TRANSPORTATION, FOOD DESERT, AND RUNNING WATER ARE ALWAYS A KEY CHALLENGE. SINCE 1998, THE NAVAJO AREA INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (NAIHS) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM FOR INDIANS (SDPI) COMMUNITY-DIRECTED GRANT HAS SUPPORTED LOCAL NAVAJO COMMUNITY, CLINIC, AND HOSPITAL-BASED SITES TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE DIABETES PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS BASED ON LOCAL NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND STRENGTHS. IT HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL NAVAJO AREA-WIDE PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES. BECAUSE OF THE WIDESPREAD PREVALENCE OF DIABETES AND PRE-DIABETES, AND THE INCREASING RATES OF DIABETES AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG CHILDREN, THE NAVAJO COMMUNITY ADVISO

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SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM FOR INDIANS - THE NAVAJO NATION’S SIZE (AT 27,000 SQUARE MILES, IT IS LARGER THAN 10 US STATES) AND DIVERSE POPULATION – OVER 332,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN 110 CHAPTER COMMUNITIES, MORE THAN 20 BORDER TOWNS, AND MANY URBAN AREAS MEAN THAT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES NEED TO REACH A LARGE AREA, WITH TRANSPORTATION, FOOD DESERT, AND RUNNING WATER ARE ALWAYS A KEY CHALLENGE. SINCE 1998, THE NAVAJO AREA INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (NAIHS) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM FOR INDIANS (SDPI) COMMUNITY-DIRECTED GRANT HAS SUPPORTED LOCAL NAVAJO COMMUNITY, CLINIC, AND HOSPITAL-BASED SITES TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE DIABETES PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS BASED ON LOCAL NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND STRENGTHS. IT HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL NAVAJO AREA-WIDE PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES. BECAUSE OF THE WIDESPREAD PREVALENCE OF DIABETES AND PRE-DIABETES, AND THE INCREASING RATES OF DIABETES AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG CHILDREN, THE NAVAJO COMMUNITY ADVISO