Film/Video

Black women, black stories: CDC’s your diabetes compass a resource for women living with diabetes

Dilsey Davis¹, Jafar Fallahi², Matthew Durning¹, John Laww¹, Markeith Gentry³, Brittany Wood⁴, Yewande Addie, MPH³ and Ty Knowles⁵
(1)Durham, NC, (2)Chapel Hill, NC, (3)RTI International, Durham, NC, (4)Research Triangle Park, NC, (5)Greensboro, NC

APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo

This film is comprised of three separate short stories of Black women who are living with and managing Type 2 diabetes:

Marcella, a passionate neighborhood organizer who provides, fresh produce to food desert residents
Velma, a spry retired physical education teacher who finds support in her older sister, also living with diabetes
And Alexis, an ambitious project manager finding respite from the stresses of life in 40+ Double Dutch Club

These stories are part of a larger series featured in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Your Diabetes Compass website, a self-care tool filled with information, resources, and support created specifically with Black women in mind. This necessary website of stories and lifestyle tools are designed to be a source of inspiration for other Black women, who are nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Through their stories, Marcela, Velma and Alexis represent deep resilience and commitment to authentic self-care.

Advocacy for health and health education Chronic disease management and prevention Diversity and culture Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs Public health or related education