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Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health

Reaching Toward Healthier Anishinaabe (REACH US) Program Description:

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s REACH US Action Community project named, Reaching toward Healthier Anishinaabe, is funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Department of Health and Human Services and is part of a national, multilevel program that serves as the cornerstone of CDC’s efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. This five year program (2007-2012) Reaching toward Healthier Anishinaabe focuses on reducing the burden of chronic disease specific to cardiovascular disease and diabetes among three federally recognized tribal communities in Michigan: The Bay Mills Indian Community; the Hannahville Indian Community, and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

Each tribal site contends with common barriers and similarly disproportionately high rates of chronic disease and risk factors; however, each tribe is unique in its resources, available infrastructure, and priorities. The Reaching toward Healthier Anishinaabe tribes use their individual resources to conduct four best or promising practice interventions including the Stanford University’s chronic disease self-management program called PATH or Personal Action toward Health.

Tribes utilize the community based participatory approach to plan, implement, and gain community feedback on their interventions and ultimately will use this information to tailor and refine the interventions to become further culturally appropriate. These interventions take place along the socio-ecological model in order to address the overall goals and objectives of the project while also addressing the distinctive needs and capabilities of their tribal homes, communities, and workplaces.

Click here for the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Conducting Surveys with Cultural Sensitivity