appalachian diabetes coalitions celebrating success conference
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APPALACHIAN DIABETES COALITIONSCELEBRATING SUCCESS CONFERENCE
Together on DiabetesMurray County, Georgia
Esther Familia-Cabrera, Director of Community Health Workers
Sebastian Gomez, Community Health Worker
Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership
October 9-11, 2013
www.nghp.org
Murray County, Georgia
Where We Started
Our goals:
Seniors with uncontrolled diabetes
Adults with diabetes or prediabetes
Building our coalition
Barriers
Not knowing the community
High-level goals
People struggling with more than just diabetes
Where We Are Now
Making connections
More realistic goals
Aware of how community operates
Aware of the struggles many people are facing on a daily basis
Where We’re Going
Have a better idea of programs that are the “best fit” for the community Family Matters
CDSMP
Bike Around Murray
Shopping Matters
Questions / Comments
a vision of Claudia Lacson
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