Diabetes remains a large and growing public health emergency with disproportionate impact on people of color in terms of prevalence, co-morbid conditions, emergency department use, and mortality. The COVID-19 pandemic has only further increased racial disparities and health risks. The Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force (DWG) is assisting the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) and its Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC) in reducing diabetes risk in people of color and promoting equity in outcomes.
Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force (DWG)
• Launched as private-public partnership to promote equity in diabetes treatment and outcomes
• Programs include education and quality improvement support for clinical teams and research, as well as community engagement activities to address social determinants of health and research
Some of Our Programs
•Community-Based Diabetes Education in New Orleans, LA – Collaboration between the Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project, Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Public Health, and SANKOFA NOLA to have trained medical students provide education to Black patients with diabetes so as to enhance understanding and management of their condition while accessing healthy foods
• Tele-education and Health Food Resources for Hispanic Patients with Poorly Controlled Health in Corona, NY – The Federally Qualified Health Center, Plaza del Sol, is reaching out to their patients with poorly controlled diabetes via telehealth to provide education about the disease and to provide healthy food access
• Exhausting and Expensive: Themes from a Virtual Town Hall of African American Patients with Diabetes – This virtual meeting of patients with diabetes from two black communities in Baltimore City and Prince Georges county Maryland revealed the struggles faced in understanding and effectively managing diabetes
• DRIVE Toolkit for Promoting Equity in Advanced Diabetes Management and Outcomes – Flagship online program that supports clinicians and health systems in implementing quality improvement and educational programs
• Webinar Series: COVID-19 and Diabetes – A series of webinars provided up-to-date information on the interaction of COVID-19 and diabetes especially in African American populations and the importance of COVID-19 immunization AND strong diabetes management
Expert Members of the Diabetes Working Group and Equity Task Force
Helen Arteaga Landaverde, MPH, NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst
Angie Bricco, Sanofi
Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MS, Downstate Health Sciences University
Augusto Enrique Caballero-Robles, MD, Harvard Medical School
Kelly Close, diaTribe Foundation
Joycelyn A Cornthwaite, RD, McGovern Medical School
Jaime Davidson, MD, FACP, MACE, UT Southern Medical Center
Eric T. Edgell, PharmD, MS
Dapne Ferdinand, PhD, RN, Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project
Keith Ferdinand, MD, FACC ,FAHA , FASPC, FNLA, Tulane University School of Medicine
Rashida Ferdinand, Sankofa NOLA
Marilyn Fraser, MD, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
Karen Gillespie, NovoNordisk
Shirley Girouard, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jorge Gomez
Lupe Govea
Laura Lee Hall, PhD, National Minority Quality Forum, Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity
Meg Jordan, MPH, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity
Michelle Leigh Kimbrough, Eli Lilly
Terris King, ScD, King Enterprise Group, LLC
Christel Marchand Aprigliano, Beyond Type1
David Marrero, PhD, The University of Arizona Health Sciences
Anna Norton, Diabetes Sisters
Henry Nuss, PhD, LSU School of Public Health
Krzysztof Pierko, MD, MBA, FACP, CHCQM
Gary Puckrein, PhD, National Minority Quality Forum
Elvira Rella, Urban Health Plan
Henry J Rodrique, Merk
Nataliya Shaforost, DNP FNP-C CDCES
Kristen Stevens Hobbs, MPH, CPH
Ada Stewart, MD, FAAFP
Stephen B Thomas, PhD, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity
Daniel Verdi, MD, GSK
Andrew Vilsinska, Sanofi
Peter Vigliarolo, Padilla
Helen Woo, Sankofa NOLA
Stacy Zulueta, PharmD, BCACP, Walmart
Kacey Creel, Diversity in diabetes
Jasmine Gonzalvo, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, Eskenazi Health
Bruce taylor, Dex.com
Kate Thomas, ADCES
