| Community Health Workers to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes
Project Description
This project will evaluate the effects of enhanced training of community health workers (CHWs) to reduce disparities in care in low-income, ethnically diverse populations served by community health centers (CHCs). This project is the second phase of a two-phase project by the Massachusetts Health Disparities Collaborative, which includes thirteen community health centers. Phase One focused on training and providing support to teams in each of 17 CHCs that implemented rapid cycle system redesign with one hundred patients living with diabetes. Phase Two of the project will test how effective CHWs, who are trained in the “Chronic Care Model,” are at educating patients about diabetes, coordinating community resources, and supporting patient self management. This project provides patient-level tracking of intervention process and outcome data that will facilitate successful replication in other settings, if the intervention is proven to be effective.
Partnering Organizations
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Lead Organization)
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center, Outreach Worker Training Institute
For More Information
Please Contact:
Joan Pernice, MS, BS
jpernice@massleague.org
J. Lee Hargraves, PhD., MS, BS
lee.hargraves@umassmed.edu
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