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Round 1 Grantees
Multimedia Outreach to Achieve Hypertension Control
Clinical Screening of Patients’ Health Literacy to Improve Quality
Community Health Workers to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes
The Expanded Chronic Care Model: Targeting Disparities in Diabetes Care
Improved Cultural Competence in Health Communications
Culturally Sensitive Depression Care Management
Depression-Specific Treatments for Patients Seeking Care within a Public Emergency Department
Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting
Redesigning Clinic Operations to Improve Depression Care
Coached Care for Diabetes
Concurrent Peer Review to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Minority Patients
Round 2 Grantees
Round 3 Grantees
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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