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Session: Preventing Diabetes through Effective Health Education
3279.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Poster
Preventing Diabetes through Effective Health Education
This session hopes to demonstrate a better understanding of the contribution of community/system change to addressing risk factors for diabetes that can lead to changes in population-level indicators of diabetes, as well as access to care for diabetes.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation the attendee will be able to: 1. Identify technological approaches to assisting with type 2 diabetes self-management. 2. Define community/systems change for preventing risk for diabetes. 3. Discuss the integration of public health strategies into a traditional health care system.
Moderator(s):Ryan J. Martin, MS
Board 1Six-month results from a healthy lifestyles diabetes primary prevention program among urban Native American women
Carla J. Herman, MD, MPH, Janice L. Thompson, PhD, FACSM, Venita Wolfe, BA, Novaline Wilson, MPH, Ayn Whyte, BS, Georgia Perez, Peg Allen, MPH
Board 2Effects of a REACH 2010 Initiative on Risk Factors and Quality Care for Diabetes
Jerry A. Schultz, PhD, Cathy Davis, PhD, Valorie Carson, MS, Vicki L. Collie-Akers, MPH, John Cyprus, MEd
Board 3Changing Practice, Changing Lives: The Development of a Support Network for Adults with Diabetes
Consuela D. Greene, MHSA, BS
Board 4Social and behavioral determinants of health identified in Hispanic youth diabetes prevention program utilizing Promotores de Salud
Mary Luna Hollen, PhD, RD, Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, DrPH, RN, Matt Stahl, BS, Isabel Vecino, MD, Enisa Arslanagic, MD, Maria G. Hernandez, CHW
Board 5Lessons learned: Utilization of prescreening surveys and glucose tolerance testing for large-scale diabetes risk screenings
Sally Fontamillas Shaw, DrPH, Bruce Nelson, MA, Robert Nicoloff, MD, AnneMarie Leos-Gomez, MA, Lee S. Berk, DrPH, MPH, FACSM, James Westengard, BS, Edward Fujimoto, DrPH, Gina Kwan
Board 6Social and cultural parameters impact Hispanic youth diabetes prevention program health scores
Mary Luna Hollen, PhD, RD, Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, DrPH, RN, Matt Stahl, BS, Isabel Vecino, MD, Enisa Arslanagic, MD, Maria G. Hernandez, CHW
Board 7Implementation of the nurse care manager role to improve access to diabetes care *
Nancy W. Parker, RN, BSN, Amalia D. Fyles, RN, CNS, CDE, Ivonne McLean, Audrey Tang, RN, MSN
Board 8Use of empowerment theory and adult education in affecting clinical and behavioral outcomes in patients with diabetes
Aida L. Giachello, PhD, Amparo Castillo, MD, Jose O. Arrom, MA, Robin Bates, PhD, Chang-Ming Hsieh, PhD, Carlos Sanchez, MD
Board 9Preventing Diabetes through Health Promotion Behaviors among Asian Indians in the United States
Lindsay Lombard, BS, Ranjita Misra, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus

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