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On February 1st, 2006, 21 American Indian elders, adults and youth completed a family peer education training on prediabetes conducted by Sheryl Scott (Scott Consulting Partners) and Yvonne Ortiz, Colette Lawrence and Sharon Day (Indigenous Peoples Task Force) in Minneapolis. Family peer educators have been given the knowledge and tools to reach family members at high risk for diabetes. The training draws on indigenous traditional knowledge about healthy eating and active living. Participants named their project Piya wiconi (we’re going to live better again). Family education will continue through the summer of 2006.

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TOOLS AND PUBLICATIONS

This page includes samples of a few of the many tools and publications that Scott Consulting Partners has developed in the past 5 years. These tools include everything from simple one-page checklists to user-friendly databases such as the Survey Wizard (which allows youth to enter evaluation data and generate "real-time" reports) and the Training and Leadership Database, which tracks individuals who have received training and serves as both an evaluation and technical assistance tool.

Please feel free to email our staff for more information on the resources we have available.

COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH
Community Research Report – This is the final report on our community action research project which used a culturally responsive "Circle of Community Research" model to explore the high smoking rates among American Indian pregnant women. The research was conducted by and for American Indian community members and resulted in a community calendar distributed to over 500 community members, tribal leaders and service agencies.
Training Best Practices Checklist – This is a short, observational checklist to assess the use of training 'best practices' for training clinical care providers.

EMPOWERMENT EVALUATION
Community Change Chronicles (Powow and School ) --These are examples of our structured storytelling method for program development and evaluation related to creating advocacy initiatives to reduce secondhand smoke in diverse community settings.
NC Storytelling Method -- A presentation describing a storytelling method (Community Change Chronicles) and its relationship to the Progress Tracking System (PTS), a participatory, computerized program monitoring system used by coalitions and community groups working on evidence based practices in tobacco prevention and control .
Tools for Schools -- A set of data collection activities designed to empower youth to become leaders in creating policy change for tobacco abuse prevention.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
NCCU Toolkit Contents -- The table of contents for our technical assistance toolkit on tobacco control and prevention advocacy initiatives for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
TA Assessment Report 2002 -- An assessment report on technical assistance needs and ways to improve TA provision for local coalitions.
Tips for Successful Presentations – This is a tip sheet for local adult leaders to make the best use of presentations and health fairs for advocacy and community mobilization.
Tobacco Talk Newsletter – This is a sample newsletter from our Technical Assistance project for addressing youth commercial tobacco use prevention in American Indian communities.