The Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, in collaboration with Secretariat of the Pacific Community is planning a free workshop called the CNMI Lifestyle Education Workshop. <\/p>\n
The workshop is for health and lifestyle educators, and the intention is to meet as a group to discuss current guidelines for lifestyle intervention, as well as current educational materials developed by SPC and used throughout the Pacific and some adapted specifically for CNMI. <\/p>\n
It aims to review progress in the CNMI on lifestyle and diet guidelines; expand use and availability to all CNMI lifestyle educators; and discuss and unify current guidelines used in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
By the end of the meeting:<\/p>\n
* Participants will have received a refresher of the Pacific lifestyle guidelines;<\/p>\n
* Agreement will be reached on CNMI lifestyle and dietary guidelines to be used by all groups represented;<\/p>\n
* A process will be agreed for producing resources and training to support the use of these guidelines throughout CNMI.<\/p>\n
The head of the SPC Lifestyle section, Wendy Snowdon, will be facilitating the meeting. <\/p>\n
Department of Public Health nutritionist Jill Vanderkin asked that the Commonwealth Diabetes Coalition send one person who works in the area of health education to the free workshop. <\/p>\n
The workshop will be held at the Saipan Multi-Purpose Center, at 8am-4:30pm, on Monday, June 14, and 12:30-4:30pm on Tuesday, June 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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