Resource Details

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Improving Emergency Preparedness for Diabetes Management

NCHPH Learning Collaborative

Year Developed: 2023

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: Clinicians
Secondary Audience: Enabling Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Center for Health in Public Housing (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other emergencies can happen at any moment. Managing diabetes can be difficult during these events because they may cause widespread and long-lasting impacts on supplies, and health services.

Resource Details: This four-session learning collaborative listed the frequent barriers that health centers face to provide effective emergency preparedness for patients with diabetes, explored the role of enabling services staff to help diabetic patients during disasters, and identified promising practices for effective personalized diabetes care during emergencies.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations, , , , Health Equity

Resource Subtopic: Diabetes, Health Professions Education and Training (HP-ET) , Population Health, , , , Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).

Keywords: Residents of Public Housing, American Indians/Native Alaskans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs), Blacks/African Americans, Hispanic Americans/Latinos, Latinas, Outreach, Community Health Workers , Risk Management.