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Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force

Eliminating Health Disparities Through Innovation, Collaboration and Data-Driven Initiatives

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Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force (DWG)

Diabetes remains a large and growing public health emergency with disproportionate impact on people of color in terms of prevalence, comorbid conditions, emergency department use, and mortality.

The Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force (DWG) assists the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) and its Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC) in reducing diabetes risk in people of color and promoting equity in outcomes.

Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force (DWG)
The DWG launched as a private-public partnership to promote equity in diabetes treatment and outcomes. The group includes research experts, clinicians, patient representatives, community leaders, and corporate partners who guide efforts and the continued expansion of activities in diabetes outreach through an evidence-based, sustained and expanded effort to improve health outcomes through quality improvement, education, research, advocacy and community engagement activities to address social determinants of health.

Some of Our Programs

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    Community-Based Diabetes Education in New Orleans, LA: Collaboration between the Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project, Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Public Health, and SANKOFA NOLA to have trained medical students provide education to Black patients with diabetes,enhancing their understanding and management of the condition while accessing healthy foods

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    Tele-education and Health Food Resources for Hispanic Patients with Unmanaged Health Conditions In Corona, NY:The Federally Qualified Health Center, Plaza del Sol, is reached out to 100 patients with out of range diabetes via telehealth to provide education about the disease and to provide high nutrient food access

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    Exhausting and Expensive: Themes from a Virtual Town Hall of African American Patients with Diabetes.This virtual meeting of people with diabetes from two black communities in Baltimore City and Prince George's County, Maryland, revealed the struggles faced in understanding and effectively managing diabetes

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    DRIVE Toolkit for Promoting Equity in Advanced Diabetes Management and Outcomes:Flagship online program that continues to support clinicians and health systems in implementing quality improvement and educational programs

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    Webinar Series forCOVID-19 and Diabetes:A series of webinars provided up-to-date information on the interaction of COVID-19 and diabetes especially in African American populations and the importance of COVID-19 immunization AND strong diabetes management

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    Diabetes Education in Oakland, CA: Collaboration between West Oakland Health Council, Hope Center Church, a barber and stylist with aims for weight management, increased access to nutrient-dense foods, and implementation of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES). Black and Hispanic/Latino populations have benefitted from lower A1c levels, multiple food pharmacies and increased medication adherence.

Expert members of the Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force

Shavon Artis Dickerson, DrPH, MPH

Pam Allweiss MD, MPH

Shannon E. Andrews

Helen J. Arteaga Landaverde, MPH

Viviam Ayuk, PharmD, CDCES

Tasha Berry-Lewis

Madison Blagrove, PharmD

Todd Boudreaux

Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MS

Angie Bricco

Marie Brown, MD, MACP

Augusto Enrique Caballero-Robles, MD

Kelly Close

Joycelyn A. Cornthwaite, RD

John Couk, MD

Kacey Creel, MS

Zhavontia Crosby, BSN, RN

Ansley Dalbo

Deniz Dalton, MS

Jaime Davidson, MD, FACP, MACE

Meredith Dyer

Elizabeth Eby

Kelsey Entrekin, MSN, RN

Daphne Ferdinand, PhD, RN

Keith Ferdinand, MD, FACC ,FAHA , FASPC, FNLA

Rashida Ferdinand

Marilyn Fraser, MD

Karen Gillespie

Shirley Girouard, PhD, RN, FAAN

Jorge Gomez

Jasmine Gonzalvo, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES

Guadalupe Govea, PharmD

Laura Lee Hall, PhD

Kristian Hurley, B.S., B.A.

Meg Jordan, MPH

Michelle Leigh Kimbrough, MA

Kraig Kinchen, MD, MSc

Terris King, ScD

Laurel Koester, MPH

David Marrero, PhD

Kate Marshall

Beth Mitchell

Hannah Martin, MPH, RDN

Kelly Mueller, MS, PMP

Anna Norton, MS

Henry Nuss, PhD

Apurva Patel

Krzysztof Pierko, MD, MBA, FACP, CHCQM

Michele Polz

Elvira Rella

Donna Rice, MBA, BSN, RN, CDCES, FADCES

Israel Rocha, Jr.

DeLorean Ruffin, DrPH, MPH

Nataliya Shaforost, DNP, FNP-C CDCES, RN

Tracy J. Sims

Ada Stewart, MD, FAAFP

Mark Swinton, MBA

Bruce Taylor

Jennifer Tepper

Stephen B. Thomas, PhD

Daniel Verdi, MD

Andrew Vilsinskas, PharmD

Terri Wiggins, MS

Eugene Wright, MD

Stacy Zulueta, PharmD, BCACP

Leslie Zuniga-Rivas, MPH

Corporate Members of the Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force