DIRES Evaluation Plan

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Diabetes Education Diversifying the Work Force
Deborah Newell, RPh, CDOE RI Department of
Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify existing disparities in diabetes
  education among racial and ethnic minorities
• Identify methods to address disparities
• Identify methods to increase recruitment of
  minority professionals

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PROBLEM

• Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educator (CDOE)
  population
• 174 educators
• Only 1 are minorities
• 1 African American
• 1 Hispanic American

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DATA

• 60,000 People Diagnosed with Diabetes in Rhode
  Island
• 2,291 Black Diabetics
• 5,908 Hispanic Diabetics
• 2006 RI BRFSS

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OBJECTIVES

• Address disparities in receipt of clinical
• preventive diabetes services
• Increase the number of minority health
• professionals in Rhode Island
• trained as Certified Diabetes
• Outpatient Educators
• (CDOE)

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METHOD

• Minority Recruitment Task Force was formed by
  the Executive Board of the DOE Program
• Members included CDOE Dietitians, CDOE Nurses,
  CDOE Pharmacists and Members of the Diabetes
  Information Referral and Education Specialists
  Program (DIRES)

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METHOD

• A detailed plan to introduce and promote
• the DOE program to minority
• health professionals
• was developed

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METHOD

• Procedure
• Identify professional minority dietitians, nurses
  and pharmacists to recruit
• Reach out to area colleges, hospitals, community
  health centers and minority groups
• Plan an informative and educational event

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METHOD

• Recruitment Event- a professional networking
  evening
• Budget for event
• Date/Time/Place Established
• Contact List/ Invitations
• Entertainment

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METHOD

• Recruitment Event (cont.)
• Speaker(s)
• Diabetes Epidemic and Gaps in Service to
  Minorities presentation
• CDOE Program/ Reimbursement
• Educational Materials, Resources and Applications
• Scholarships

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RESULTS

• 13 minority professionals were recruited
• 33 of the 2007 CDOE Class
• 2 Nigerian, 1 Liberian, 3 African American, 1
  Cambodian, 1 Portuguese and 5 Hispanic
  professionals

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CONCLUSION

• Development of a task force committee is
  beneficial in recruiting professional healthcare
  minorities
• A recruitment event providing education,
  information, and resources is successful in
  increasing the number of minority CDOEs.

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The Future

• Enhance and improve communication with
  professional minority groups
• Maintain existing professional relationships with
  area colleges, hospitals and community centers

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The Future

• Continue recruitment efforts
• Identify additional minority organizations to
  solicit CDOE candidates
• Provide updated information and resource
  materials
• Include new minority CDOEs in promotional effort