Changing the Conversation About Diabetes by Shantelle Jones https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture Health Literacy Meets Art Education en-us 2017-12-08 17:35:02 UTC 2024-07-11 21:01:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Changing the Conversation About Diabetes lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214585107 Through this presentation you will learn about a social activist group called "The Bigger Picture" that empowers youth to speak out against type 2 diabetes and why this is important today.]]> 2017-12-08 17:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214585107 lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214586143 “If you are what you eat but you don’t know what your eating, then you don’t know what you are” wise words from Youth Speaks poet, Robin Black.]]> 2017-12-08 17:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214586143 CONTEXT AND CULTURE lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214586552 Diabetes is a rapidly rising global health epidemic 

  • In 1950 worldwide, 100 million obese people and in 2010 worldwide, 500 million obese.
  • Worldwide, the total number of people with diabetes is projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030.
  • Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in 2015, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90% to 95% of all cases
  • In 2015, 23.4 million people (almost 10% of the U.S. population) had diagnosed diabetes, compared to only 1.6 million in 1958. Within these numbers, 132,000 children and adolescents younger than age 18 years have also been diagnosed with diabetes.

In "Behind The Scenes" with Dr. Dean Schillinger, he stated that diabetes was once thought of as “Grandma and Grandpa’s” disease but this new statistic suggests an epidemic amongst the youth population in the U.S.
]]> 2017-12-08 17:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214586552 cont- CONTEXT AND CULTURE lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587123 The youth diabetes epidemic is facilitated by advertisers.

  • Food products are advertised heavily to children and adolescents.

  • In 2006, the Federal Trade Commision reported that the 44 companies it surveyed spent over 1.6 billion dollars marketing to children and adolescents.

  • Today nearly 14% of children ages 2-5, 19% of children ages 6-11, and about 17% of adolescents ages 12-19 are overweight.
]]> 2017-12-08 17:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587123 THE BIGGER PICTURE CAMPAIGN lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587410 The Bigger Picture Campaign (BPC) is a collaboration between James Kass, the founder of Youth Speaks and Dr. Dean Schillinger from the Center for Vulnerable Populations.

Art education and health literacy

“The Bigger Picture empowers youth to raise their voices to change the conversation about Type 2 diabetes by exposing and working to change the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread.”

The Bigger Picture has garnered national attention and won multiple national awards due to its strategies to make a change. These strategies include writing workshops, short films, school assembles and outreach events and educators toolkit.

 (BPC) is a collaboration between James Kass, the founder of Youth Speaks and Dr. Dean Schillinger from the Center for Vulnerable Populations.

Art education and health literacy

“The Bigger Picture empowers youth to raise their voices to change the conversation about Type 2 diabetes by exposing and working to change the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread.”

The Bigger Picture has garnered national attention and won multiple national awards due to its strategies to make a change. These strategies include writing workshops, short films, school assembles and outreach events and educators toolkit.

]]> 2017-12-08 17:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587410 FUNDING lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587687 The Bigger Picture Campaign has received support, sponsorship, and funding from government organizations, nonprofits, charitable foundations and individuals.]]> 2017-12-08 17:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214587687 MISSION STATEMENTS lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588073 Youth Speaks Mission
“Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of positive societal change.”

UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations Mission
“to carry out innovative research to prevent and treat chronic disease in populations for whom social conditions often conspire to both promote chronic disease and make its management more challenging.”

]]> 2017-12-08 17:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588073 WHO IS JAMES KASS? lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588286 James Kass, founder and executive director of Youth Speaks

  • Widely known author, speaker and curator 
  • Heavily involved in spoken-word programming for youth
  • Has received awards from organizations including:
  • Ford Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • California Arts Council

First ever White House Poetry Jam !


]]> 2017-12-08 17:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588286 JAMES MOTIVATION lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588594 After taking graduate level writing classes James Kass created Youth Speaks to provide a space for young people in marginalized targeted environments to find their voice.


]]> 2017-12-08 17:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588594 Who is Dean Schillinger? lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588689 Dr. Dean Schillinger, founding director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations

  • Professor and physician at University of California in San Francisco (UCSF)
  • Director of Health Communications Program at UCSF
  • His work focuses on literacy, health communication, and chronic disease prevention and management
  • Has received numerous honors including:
  • 2013 Everett M. Rogers Award from the American Public Health Association

  • 2016 James Irvine Leadership Award

]]> 2017-12-08 17:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588689 Dean Schillinger’s Motivation lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588847 As a primary-care physician, he witnessed the rise in Type 2 diabetes among his patients, especially children and adolescents. He wanted to use his work on public health literacy to confront problems like diabetes in communities.

He was inspired to co-found The Bigger Picture Campaign at a Youth Speaks event where he heard Erica Sheppard McMath perform her poem “Death Recipe.” 

He hoped that pieces like Erica’s would transform the way that young people
relate to food, as part of a larger effort to address the stress and trauma of youth. 


]]> 2017-12-08 17:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214588847 Death Recipe lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214589001 When Erica first created this poem, in 2010 she was crowned Grand Slam Champion for her poetic performance (where she met Dr. Dean Schillinger).]]> 2017-12-08 17:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214589001 LANGUAGES & CODES lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214589431
  • Setting is relatable: 
  • Filming connects what she’s saying with the food she’s talking about 
  • Filming focuses on Erica’s body, especially her face, and her reaction to it: 
  • Erica’s speaking technique is emotionally affecting
  • Her words are powerful and focused
  • Filming also shows the consequences of diabetes
  • Videos are bright and engagingly filmed, but they also provide information

    • ]]>     2017-12-08 17:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214589431     Impact of the Bigger Picture Campaign lovinbettyboop https://padlet.com/lovinbettyboop/TheBiggerPicture/wish/214590001 The campaign has had a major impact on some of the people involved. 

    • Andrew Vai, a Youth Speaks poet, says that he has had multiple families members die of heart attacks when he didn’t know what diabetes was. Now he is running and exercising more often because of his newfound awareness.
    • Jamie D Wolf, a facilitator/film-maker says the month he was asked to facilitate the writing workshop, his uncle died from diabetes.
    Many people involved have personal experiences with diabetes, including family members who have died.

    Videos have received thousands of views on YouTube and the campaign has gotten lots of press coverage in national and local publications 

    The campaign has educated over 2400 public Bay Area high school students, 40 youth poet mentors and over 800 stakeholders about the social factors that affect the rising Type 2 diabetes crisis.


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