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Projects of the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations
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California
Medical Association Foundation
Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations
Project
Diabetes Health Disparities Convening Report
June 19, 2004
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Breakout Sessions
Participants next reconvened into one of three breakout
sessions. These were constructed to be working sessions
to provide further input into the development of priorities
for action. The breakout sessions included-
- Prevention
- Disease Management
- Policy/Advocacy
A series of questions were to be covered in the breakout
sessions -
- Where does the group think we should begin to take
action - what are the priorities for action?
- Where are the opportunities for partnership to implement
these action steps?
- What are the possible barriers to success and how
can we overcome these?
- For the Policy Breakout Group, what can ethnic physicians
and ethnic physician organizations add to the policy
arena?
- For the Prevention & Disease Management Breakouts
- Are there opportunities for policy development?
The most important outcome for the breakout sessions
was to establish a prioritized list of actions and opportunities
for partnership to address racial and ethnic health disparities
in the area of type 2 diabetes.
Prevention Breakout Group
Report
The Prevention Breakout Group first brainstormed a number
of interventions that could be addressed in the diabetes
disparities action plan. The group looked at all levels
of prevention - primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
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- Increase health professions diversity
- Cultural Competency -
- Improve training of health students on diversity/cultural
competence
- Culture-specific health education materials
- Health Information/Communications -
- Health communications [Patients/Communities/Peers]
- Information clearinghouse
- Research and data -
- Primary and Secondary Prevention
- Environmental Factors
- School Site Programs -
- Work with schools and site champions
- Education programs for & with students about
seriousness of obesity and diabetes.
- Fast Food Nation as a Resource
- Diabetes Screening in Schools
- Education of School Personnel and School Leaders
- Work with School Nurses
- Worksite Programs
- Education and Screening Activities
- Community Interactions
- Health Plans Should Be Involved
- Health Information & Communications -
- Community Education on diabetes, including its
seriousness
- Resource Clearinghouse, including community resources
- Create New Tools as Required
- Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Expand vision of provider to include Community Health
Workers [CHWs]-
- Increase awareness of CHWs about issues and impact
of diabetes in communities of color.
- Ethnic Physicians Use Collective Voice to "Speak
to Power"
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