Alliance Briefing: Uniting Policy, Practice, and System Change
On November 20, 2014, the Alliance hosted a briefing in Washington, DC to discuss the policy, practice, and system changes that have resulted in better care and outcomes for underserved, vulnerable populations in the Alliance sites. Listen to a recording of the event and download the presentation slides here.
November Webinar Recording & Slides Now Available!
A recording of the Alliance's webinar, "Promising Innovations to Address Diabetes in Vulnerable Populations: Local Solutions With National Implications," held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 is now available online here. The presentation slides are also available to download at that link. This webinar featured work published in the November 2014 Health Promotion Practice (HPP) supplement on the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes, published by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).
Alliance Findings Published in HPP Supplement
Results from the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes have been published in the November 2014 supplemental issue of Health Promotion Practice. The issue features ten manuscripts authored by members of the Alliance program sites and the National Program Office. All of the articles are available here. A podcast with HPP supplement online gokkasten co-guest editor Tawara Goode, Director of the National Center for Cultural Competence and Associate Director of the Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, is also available. Listen here.
A new Alliance report, Policy Considerations That Make the Link: Connecting Community Experience and National Policy to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes, poses a series of policy considerations for reducing disparities in diabetes in the new era of Health Reform. These considerations derive from the on-the-ground experiences of the five Alliance sites, along with deliberations among academic, government, consumer and provider experts convened at a recent national summit.
The considerations pose a series of questions surrounding the identified need to realign financial incentives affecting health systems, providers and patients as a mechanism for reducing disparities in diabetes.
