Webinars:
Diabetes Self-Management: Education and Support
This webinar addressed the importance of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) as a critical element of care for all people with diabetes. DSMES is the ongoing process of facilitating the knowledge, skills, and ability necessary for diabetes self-care, as well as activities that assist a person in implementing and sustaining the behaviors needed to manage his or her condition on an ongoing basis, beyond or outside of formal self-management training.
Diabetes Continuum of Care: Increase Patient Technology and Digital Health Literacy
In this webinar, participants learned about telehealth and the different forms of service delivery, identifying barriers to technology and digital literacy for diabetes-related interventions, and how to provide strategies and tools to address barriers in implementing diabetes-related interventions.
Addressing Barriers to Diabetes Prevention for Older Residents of Public Housing
Older adults living in communities with limited access to healthy foods or safe places to exercise can be at an increased risk for developing diabetes. This two-part webinar series reviewed behavioral interventions that incorporate age-specific considerations for public housing residents to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Resources for Health Centers Serving Special and Vulnerable Populations
In this webinar, NCHPH hosted a dynamic introduction to the rich collection of resources on diabetes prevention and management for Health Center Programs. In this webinar, participants learned about existing resources pertaining to diabetes and receive guidance and instruction on how to identify resources that fit individual Health Center needs.
The Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes Mellitus
In diabetes, health literacy is related to diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care behaviors and glycemic control. Health literacy may also provide a better understand- ing of racial disparities observed in patients with diabetes. This webinar described the concept of health literacy and its assessment and the evidence of its impact on patients with diabetes and offered suggested methods and tools that may be implemented to improve clinical care.