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SCOPE Priorities Committees
Minutes and Agendas
Meeting time: the 4th
Wednesday from 4-5 PM at Socorro Mental Heath
Invitation: October 22, 2008 Meeting
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program
Diabetes
Both obesity and diabetes are becoming
significant health problems, not just in Socorro County, but nationwide.
Obesity is a risk factor for diabetes as well as many other health issues.
The CDC estimates that, given current trends, one half of all Hispanic
females born in 2000 will develop diabetes at some point in their lives.
This is an estimate of significant concern, given the County’s large
Hispanic population. The CDC estimates for males and non-Hispanic females
are as follows:
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Males – 1 in 3 chance
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Females – 2 in 5 chance
SCOPE has formed a Diabetes Core Team to determine risk and
protective factors, and develop evidence based strategies and interventions.
The Diabetes Community Action Team has identified lack of exercise as one of
the key risk factor for diabetes. An indicator of risk is question number
146 on the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) which reads, “On how many
of the past seven days did you exercise or participate in physical activity
for at least 20 Events that made you sweat and breathe hard?” On the 2001
YRRS, 19% of respondents answered “0 days.
Bike Safety
2008 CYFD Family Funfest
Brochure
Safety survey totals
 
Agendas:
August 27, 2008
September 24, 2008
Minutes:
August 14, 2008
September 24, 2008
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