Developing the Role of Community Health Workers and other Support Staff in Diabetes Prevention, Treatment, and Follow-Up Thursday, April 25, 2019 Recording Community Health Workers (CHW) have been shown to be especially successful reaching hard to access populations such as agricultural workers and their families as well as the homeless and residents of public housing. […]
Category: Special and Vulnerable Populations
Building an Effective Collaborative Care Team to Address Diabetes in Special and Vulnerable Populations: Tailoring Care for Social Context Thursday, April 18, 2019 Recording This session focused on the necessary elements to develop a high functioning patient-centered team for diabetes prevention, management, and treatment in primary care. The session addressed the roles of all members […]
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Using Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Integration to Address Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments and Diabetes Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Recording | Slides Diabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. Multi-tiered efforts to prevent, treat and manage diabetes are critical in reducing the burden of diabetes, […]
Addressing Violence in Public Housing Communities Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Recording | Slides Panelists: Saqi Maleque Cho, DrPH Brian Swiecicki Bridgett Luckey Summary: Social, economic, and environmental factors, such as safe and healthy environments play a large role in determining the health status of public housing residents. Health Centers located in or immediately accessible to […]
Women’s Health Program: South Boston Community Health Center Thursday, August 9, 2018 Recording | Slides Women’s Health Programs provide an excellent opportunity to counsel patients about preventive care and to provide or refer for recommended services. These assessments should include screening, evaluation and counseling, and immunizations based on age and risk factors. In this interview, South […]