Addressing Barriers to Diabetes Management for Residents of Public Housing
Public housing residents have worse health than the general population including chronic diseases such as diabetes. Knowledge of which specific populations within public housing residents have chronic conditions is essential for health centers to implement efficient health promotion programs. In additions, adults living in communities with limited access to healthy foods or safe places to exercise can be at an increased risk for diabetes complications. This Facebook Live session reviewed behavioral interventions that incorporate promising practices for public housing residents to manage diabetes and its complications.
Addressing Barriers to Diabetes Prevention for Older Residents of Public Housing
Older adults living in communities with limited access to healthy foods or safe places to exercise can be at an increased risk for developing diabetes. This two-part webinar series reviewed behavioral interventions that incorporate age-specific considerations for public housing residents to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes.
Bridging the Medical Technology Gap: The Impact of New Technology on Diabetes Management
High-tech devices such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be effective tools to help diabetes patients manage their blood glucose, but access to these technologies, as well as the education and support necessary to successfully use them, remains a challenge for patients served by health center programs. Being familiar and up to date with diabetes technology is essential to successfully improve diabetes management among underserved populations. In this webinar by NCHPH, participants discussed blood glucose monitoring devices, compared insulin delivery systems, and explained the use of digital health technology for people with diabetes.
Conquering Diabetes Therapeutic Inertia: Patient Engagement Strategies
Early blood sugar (blood glucose) management leads to better health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. But therapeutic inertia—or delays in advancing treatment—can keep people from reaching their A1C goals. Having the right conversations during health center visits can help patients overcome this inertia and get patients’ A1C where it needs to be. In this NCHPH webinar, we defined therapeutic inertia, discussed tips to engage patients in their diabetes management, and reviewed self-assessment tools and conversation guides on therapeutic inertia.
Don’t Forget the Feet When Educating Patients About Their Diabetes Management!
Diabetes is a serious and potentially deadly disease that requires major lifestyle changes. In addition to healthy eating and exercise habits, diabetics must monitor their blood glucose, administer insulin when necessary and care for their eyes and feet. Foot problems are a leading cause of hospitalization for people with diabetes, yet the feet are often forgotten in the day-to-day management of the disease. In this webinar, we discussed why people with diabetes have problems with their feet, summarized tips for foot care, and reviewed a checklist for foot examination.
Diabetes Self-Management: Education & Support
Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is a critical element of care for all people with diabetes. DSMES is the ongoing process of facilitating the knowledge, skills, and ability necessary for diabetes self-care, as well as activities that assist a person in implementing and sustaining the behaviors needed to manage his or her condition on an ongoing basis, beyond or outside of formal self-management training. This webinar will provide insight into how a referral to DSME is recommended, how to find an accredited DSME program in your area, and how to understand the DSME curriculum being taught at an accredited program.
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Increase Patient Technology and Digital Health Literacy
In this webinar, participants learned about telehealth and the different forms of service delivery, identifying barriers to technology and digital literacy for diabetes-related interventions, and how to provide strategies and tools to address barriers in implementing diabetes-related interventions.
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management
This webinar by NCHPH, MHP Salud, and NCECE focused on the impact of natural disasters and other emergencies on diabetes management. Participants also discussed how health centers can support priority patient populations with diabetes before, during, and after these events.
Diabetes Resources for Health Centers Serving Special and Vulnerable Populations
In this webinar, NCHPH hosted a dynamic introduction to the rich collection of resources on diabetes prevention and management for Health Center Programs. In this webinar, participants will learn about existing resources pertaining to diabetes and receive guidance and instruction on how to identify resources that fit individual Health Center needs.
Exploring Promising Practices on Diabetes Management and Prevention
In 2021, health centers reported over 2.8 million patients that were diagnosed with diabetes and over 91,000 among Public Housing Primary Care grantees (HRSA, 2022). This data signifies the need to explore what strategies health centers are implementing to improve the overall diabetes health outcomes for their patients. In this webinar by the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), we presented a collection of promising practices on diabetes management and prevention strategies with the purpose to improve medication adherence, health literacy, access to health care and more. The webinar also highlighted our most recent diabetes publication and describe how to navigate and find promising practices on the NCHPH website.
Food Decision Making and its Effects on Sugar Control
The foods and beverages that people consume have a profound impact on their health. The scientific connection between food and health has been well documented for many decades. In this webinar, panelists reviewed health center obesity data, discussed and list healthy food choices, and reviewed interventions to help health center patients in food decision making.
Improving Cultural Competence and Humility in Diabetes Care
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that, by 2050, non-White populations will account for over 50% of the population for the first time in American history. With an increasingly diverse patient population, it has become more important than ever for PCPs to be able to connect with patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds to provide effective, high-quality care to all patients. In this webinar the National Center for Health in Public Housing discussed the importance of cultural competence and humility in diabetes care.
The Challenges in the Development of Diabetes Prevention in Public Housing Settings
Prediabetes is a serious health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Approximately 96 million American adults—more than 1 in 3—have prediabetes. Of those with prediabetes, more than 80% don’t know they have it. Prediabetes puts people at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Patients with prediabetes living in public housing communities face unique challenges related to lack of awareness, difficulty in accessing health care systems and medications, and consequently failure in achieving optimal diabetes management and preventing complications. This webinar explored the challenges in the development of diabetes prevention in public housing settings and interventions to address these challenges.
The Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes Mellitus
In diabetes, health literacy is related to diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care behaviors and glycemic control. Health literacy may also provide a better understanding of racial disparities observed in patients with diabetes. This webinar describes the concept of health literacy and its assessment and the evidence of its impact on patients with diabetes and offers suggested methods and tools that may be implemented to improve clinical care.
Traditional Food, Culture, and Diabetes in the United States
Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants. This webinar examined cultural perspectives of immigrants and ethnic minorities that influence their dietary self-management and identified interventions to enhance a healthy diet to manage diabetes and prevent serious complications.