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What: Spring 2004 Diabetes
Retreat. Learn how to take control
of your diabetes. Be prepared for two
days of learning, moving, fellowship,
and fun.
Who: Siletz Tribal members with
diabetes and a support person; others
with diabetes who receive their primary
health care at Siletz Community Health
Clinic (and a support person); interested
SCHC staff members.
When: March 4-5, 2004
Where: Embarcadero Resort,
Newport, Ore.
Why: The more you know about
diabetes and practice good self-care, the
less likely you are to develop the long
term complications that are so often
associated with diabetes.
Details and registration information
available in the February issue of Siletz
News. For questions, contact Darcy
Trego, RD, CDE Diabetes Program
coordinator, Siletz Community Health
Clinic, at 1-800-648-0449, ext. 647, or
541-444-9647; fax 541-444-1278;
e-mail SiletzDM@ctsi.nsn.us; fax.
IHS Scholarship Applications
Available, Due Feb. 28
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Scholarship Program applications for
the 2004-2005 academic year are now
available. The deadline for applications
to reach the IHS office in Portland, Ore.,
is Feb. 28,2004.
Full-time and part-time academic
scholarships will be funded in the
following three programs:
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Health Professions Preparatory
Scholarship awards are made to
American Indian and Alaska
Natives who have successfully
completed high school education
or high school equivalency and
have been accepted for enrollment
in compensatory, pre-professional
general education courses or
curriculum.
Health Professionals Pre
graduate Scholarship awards are
made to American Indian and
Alaska Natives who have
successfully completed high
school education or high
school equivalency and
have been accepted for
enrollment or are en
rolled in an accredited
pre-graduate program
leading to a bachelor’s
degree in pre-medicine
or pre-dentistry.
Health Professions Scholar
ships are awarded only to
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individuals who are members of a
federally recognized tribe (state
recognition does not qualify). To be
eligible for this scholarship, the
individual must be enrolled in a
federally recognized tribe and must
be enrolled in an appropriately
accredited school and pursuing a
course of study in a health
professional program.
Benefits of the scholarships include:
$ 1,080 monthly living stipend (sent
directly to student)
Total “full” tuition payment to
recipient’s school
Payment of reasonable educational
expenses (as determined by school)
$400 available annually for tutorial
expenses
Up to $300 for travel expenses
Scholarship renewed if recipient
maintains good academic status
Applications for these IHS
scholarships can be requested
from
Dennis Imholt,
Scholarship Coordinator,
Portland Area Indian Health
Service, 1220 SW Third
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Ave., Room 476, Portland,
OR 97204; 503-326-5716;
dimholt@pao.portland.ihs.gov.
January 2004
Health
Clinic
Chemawa Clinic Changes
Appointment System
The Chemawa Indian Medical
Clinic will change the ways it sets up
appointments starting Jan. 5, 2004.
The clinic will move to same-day
appointments and no longer will take
walk-in patients. Those who need medical
appointments with a doctor on a regular
basis will continue to have them.
Doctors will tell patients when they
want to seem them again. Patients will
receive medication the same as in the
past, until their next appointment is due.
About a week before the ap
pointments, patients will receive a
reminder. Then they can call on the day
they would like to be seen and will be
given an appointment for that day.
Same-day appointments also are
available for individuals who wake up
sick one morning or get injured and need
to see a doctor that day and for medicine
checkups, well-child visits, immuni
zations, physical exams for school, and
women’s annual health exams.
This change involves the medical
clinic, not the dental or eye clinics.
If you have any questions, please call
the Chemawa Clinic at 503-304-7600
or 1-800-452-7823. The clinic is located
at 3750 Chemawa Road NE in Salem.
Come join us...
The CTSI
e Challenge 2004
what kind of exercise you enjoy, join our
Challenge, and challenge yourself to better
fitness and health.
Exercise Challenge will start on Feb. 1 and run for 12
veeks, concluding on April 30. Earn one point for each
30 minutes of exercise you complete.
Strength training, walking, jogging, swimming, cycling,
active sports, and any type of exercise machines are
examples of eligible activities. Drawings for special
incentives will occur monthly.
A goal of at least 5 points of exercise - 150 minutes - per
week is recommended to improve health*. If you’ve been
inactive, you may want to spread this time out throughout
the day and build up gradually to 30 minutes at one time.
you are elder or have chronic health conditions such as
heart disease or diabetes, please check with your health
care provider prior to beginning any new activities!
All service-area Siletz Tribal members and their
families, Siletz Community Health Clinic
and CTSI staff
Information packets, including
be available beginning Jan. 12,
Portland, Salem, and Eugene area
the Siletz Community Health
Sponsored through the Siletz Tribal
Community Health Department
and