Wisdom Steps Briefing

Wisdom Steps - Preventative Health for American Indian Elders
        First 3 years we worked on...

• creating awareness for Wisdom Steps

• motivating our Elders to practice preventive health

• developed model projects:

Health Screening	- "Medicine Talk"
Health Education Project	- "Medicare in American Indian Communities"
Healthy Living Activities	- "We Walk, Many Together"

Next 4 year plan - our goal is to strengthen and expand our partnerships to:

1. Develop new culturally acceptable health promotion and intervention models for elders and their families.

Health Screening Project	- Implement PCC Elder Exam - Document health screening results
Health Education Project	- Arthritis Education
Healthy Living Project	- Stepometer Pilot Projects

2. Expand and Enhance existing culturally acceptable health intervention models.

Health Screening	- "Medicine Talk"
Health Education Project	- "Medicare in American Indian Communities"
Healthy Living Activities	- "We Walk, Many Together"