5112.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Quality Improvement for Diabetes: Lessons from the CDC

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: CDC model for influence will present specific examples utilizing the Diabetes program.
Presider(s):Russell Sniegowski, MPH
Discussant(s):Dara Murphy, MPH
12:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
12:35 PMDiabetes and Women's Health Initiative: The process for influencing systems change for improving the health of women with diabetes
P Thompson-Reid, G Beckles, D Murphy, K Rufo
12:50 PMPurchasers Pilot Project: Influencing worksite diabetes health care quality, access and delivery systems
Andrew Lanza, MPH, MSW, Russell Sniegowski, MPH
1:05 PMDiabetes Collaborative: SE Cluster and Tennessee approach to influence systems of care for diabetes patients
Ralph McDuffie, PhD, Janice Wilkerson, RN, CPHQ
1:20 PMImproving diabetes care systems through national partnerships
Tricia Trinite, NP, MSPH, Cynthia Clark, MA, David Stevens, MD
1:35 PMRole of Promotores (lay health workers) in influencing the health outcomes in Hispanic persons living with diabetes: Findings from the CDC-funded Promotores de Salud Validation Study
Aida Giachello, PhD, Jose Arrom, Rita Diaz-Kenney, MPH, RD, LD, Ana Alfaro-Correa, ScD
1:50 PMDiscussion
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Latino Caucus; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA