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	1. Primary prevention – Pilot "Community Mobilization for Diabetes Prevention" Frontline workers and healthcare leaders from Aboriginal communities and organizations attended week-long workshops facilitated by Alex McComber, a Mohawk educator and leader in community-based diabetes prevention. The workshops were held in both northeastern and northwestern Ontario and followed a model developed in Kahnawake, Quebec for the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP). Participants learned the steps in community mobilization including building teams for diabetes prevention, creating a shared community vision of wellness, mobilizing communities, creating supportive school environments for diabetes prevention, planning successful diabetes prevention activities and evaluating activities. The following communities/organizations have participated in the KSDPP workshops: Anishnaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC) Mishkeegogamang Anishnawbe Mushkiki Moosonee APANO Cochrane Moosonee Native Friendship Centre Batchewana Onigaming Big Grassy River Parry Sound Health Centre Brunswick House Red Lake Friendship Centre Chapleau Ojibwe Sachigo Lake Eabametoong Indian Friendship Centre (Sault Ste. Marie) Fort Albany Shawanaga Henvey Inlet Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority Kashechewan Slate Falls Keewaywin N'Swakamok Friendship Centre Magnetawan Taykwa Tagamou Martin Falls Wahnapitae Mattagami   For more information about this program, visit the KSDPP website. 2. Secondary prevention – Pilot "Basic Footcare Training for Nurses" Registered Nurses (RNs and RPNs) working in Aboriginal communities and organizations attended basic footcare courses facilitated by Tony Feretycki in the northeast and Bette Jean Clarke in the northwest. Participants in both workshops learned the theoretical foundations of safe and effective footcare and then spent a large portion of time practicing essential basic footcare skills.   Nurses from the following communities/organizations participated in these basic footcare workshops:
	Big Island (Naongashiing) Mississauga #8 Cat Lake Pic Mobert Constance Lake Rocky Bay Dokis Sachigo Lake Eagle Lake Sagamok Grassy Narrows Serpent River Gull Bay Sioux Lookout Extended Care Henvey Inlet Thessalon Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Wabigoon Michipicoten Wabaseemoong Mishkeegogamang Whitefish Lake For more information about the "Basic Footcare Training for Nurses" contact the NDHN by email at AboriginalDiabetes@ndhn.com or by phone at 807-738-0513.
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