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[PA-3] "Lift Every Voice": National Diabetes Education Program of the National Urban League Debra Murray, PhD, (Cindy Van Riper, MS; Maya Rockeymoore, PhD), National Urban League, Washington, DC
The National Urban League (NUL) will address the burden of diabetes on the African American population through a grant funded by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NUL has 115 affiliates in 34 states that serve African Americans in urban areas. From 1998 to 2001, fifteen Urban League affiliates participated in the initial CDC National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP). These affiliates networked with local health care providers and programs; developed multi-media resource libraries on diabetes; conducted focus groups with consumers and health care providers; and worked with print and other media to disseminate NDEP messages. The current funding period will entail developing a national agenda for community intervention programs implemented at NUL affiliates; implementing strategies to train health care providers in appropriate care to African Americans with diabetes; providing diabetes educational materials for affiliates and health care providers; and establishing a multi-media campaign to address diabetes within the undiagnosed population of African Americans. The goal of the National Urban League, through its unique infrastructure, is to increase the number of diagnosed African Americans who control their diabetes.
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Date: July 10-12, 2002
Location: Hilton Hotel & Towers, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health / Office of Public Health and Science
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