Improving Diabetes Management in Primary Care
Building Community Linkages to Address the Diabetes Epidemic, Exercise and Weight Control
Year Developed: 2017
Resource Type: Meeting Notes.Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc) Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Health in Public Housing (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: Past efforts describing clinical and community linkages have laid important strategies to develop prevention programs and exploring specific types of clinical and community partnerships targeted to the improvement of health services for diabetic patients. Several important initiatives have attempted to demonstrate the potential for clinical and community linkages and describe the barriers and the solutions to these barriers. The Chronic Care Model acknowledges the importance of linkages with the community for peer support, care coordination, and community-based interventions. Community-practice partnerships are important with elders, low-income, and underserved populations. This Learning Collaborative explores Health Center community addresses the diabetes epidemic.
Resource Details: Learning Collaborative Summary Report
Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Special and Vulnerable Populations
Resource Subtopic: Diabetes, Population Health.
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