"What Can I Eat?" Healthy choices for American Indians and Alaska Natives with Type 2 Diabetes: Train-the-Trainer Workshops

Learn to use the curriculum

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To build capacity and confidence of nutrition educators who want training to use the What Can I Eat? Healthy Choices for American Indians and Alaska Natives with Type 2 Diabetes (WCIE AI/AN) curriculum, Sarah Stotz, Kelli Begay, and Teresa Hicks developed a 2-day “Train the Trainer” workshop.

This training is optional, and those who want to use WCIE are not obligated to take the training prior to using the curriculum.

Training Objectives

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to:

Develop and plan WCIE AI/AN training sessions for community or clinical nutrition and/or diabetes educators.
Apply behavior change theories and techniques within American Indian and Alaska Native diabetes nutrition
education curriculum.
Incorporate culturally appropriate counseling and facilitation skills into American Indian and Alaska Native diabetes nutrition education.

Priority Audience

Health Educators
Community Health Representatives
Registered Dietitian Nutritionists
Nurses
Pharmacists
Anyone providing diabetes or nutrition education in Tribal communities

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Continuing Education Credits

Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and Certified Diabetes Educators and Registered Nurses all can receive 9.75 CEUs as offered through the Indian Health Service at no charge.

Cost to Attend

There is no cost to attend the training.

Previous trainings

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Since our first training in August 2023, the training team has provided trainings to participants from multiple organizations across the United States, with each training including about 20-30 participants. After each training, the training team produces summaries to share back with participants. These shareback documents can be distributed to each community’s leadership, organizational teams, and community members. Below we share group photos, flyers about the training, and shareback summary documents from select previous trainings.