Wholeness through Service

Many of the instructors at Turtle Mountain Community College have integrated service-learning activities into their classes with the objective of educating students about the prevention of diabetes and/or the control of the disease. It has become apparent that one of the major problems confronting the community is the general lack of knowledge about the disease. Many people assume a rather fatalistic attitude about diabetes, incorrectly assuming that if it runs in the family, then it will be only a matter of time before other family members are diagnosed as diabetic, all this without a thought to the positive impact that possible changes in diet or lifestyle could have. [authors]