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Oklahoma City, OK - Diabetes is a serious problem in the Native American community. The American Diabetes Association has brought together a team of Native American volunteers to develop an outreach initiative to address this challenge. Awakening the Spirit: Pathways to Diabetes Prevention & Control is the Association's targeted response to the challenge of diabetes in the Native American community.

Awakening the Spirit is proud to partner with the University of New Mexico Native American Diabetes Project and invites each tribe to participate as a group in Strong in Body and Spirit! Team Training. Strong in Body and Spirit! is a community-based, diabetes lifestyle education program designed for persons with diabetes and their families. The training dates for Western Oklahoma are April 25-27, 2000, and will be held in Oklahoma City.

For more information please contact Kyra Gustafson,
phone 1-888-342-2383 (ext 10).