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