Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Indian Leadership for Indian Health

History and Goals

Goals of the Western Tribal Diabetes Project

The goal of Western Tribal Diabetes Project (WTDP) is to provide technical assistance to Northwest Tribes to develop a system for sustained data collection, reporting, and utilization. The objectives of WTDP are designed to assist the Tribes:

Build a foundation to provide complete and accurate information about patients with diabetes
Estimate the burden of disease and impact of diabetes by using an electronic diabetes register
Improve health outcomes by using an electronic diabetes register to make informed decisions about clinical diabetes care
Prevent diabetes in high-risk individuals.

WTDP has developed several tools to guide diabetes programs through a step-by-step approach for data improvement and health promotion. To learn more about WTDP, including our step-by-step approach and tools, please visit our Project Information Page.

“To build a sustainable infrastructure for monitoring, tracking, and reporting diabetes data at the local level.”