title: Diabetes education materials: recommendations of tribal leaders, Indian health professionals, and American Indian community members.
abstract: The Association of American Indian Physicians, the only national organization of its kind, conducted a series of focus groups to gather input from tribal leaders, Indian health professionals, and American Indian community members to guide the development of culturally appropriate diabetes education materials for the National Diabetes Education Program.
  
  
  
  During the focus groups, participants shared their experiences with and recommendations for a variety of diabetes education materials.
  
  
  
  Overall, 95% of participants expressed a strong preference for diabetes education materials relevant to their specific tribe or culture.
  
  
  
  Recommendations from these focus groups were used to develop a national diabetes education campaign for American Indian communities.
authors.affiliation: Center for Native American Health, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724, USA.
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Roubideaux
authors.affiliation: Billings Area Indian Health Service, Montana
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Gallup Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service, Gallup, New Mexico
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.affiliation: Indian Health Service Epidemiology Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muneta
authors.affiliation: Association of American Indian Physicians, Oklahoma City
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buchwald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002170:Canada; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States