Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health - REACH Detroit
www.reachdetroit.orgThis partnership aims to eliminate the large differences in the health status of racial/ethnic minorities in diabetes, high blood pressure and their respective complications.
Communities Involved
African American and Hispanic residents of eastside and southwest Detroit.
Partners
- Akebu-lan Village
- Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center, Inc.
- Friends of Parkside
- Institute for Population Health
- Henry Ford Health System
- Southeast Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network
- Michigan Department of Community Health
- UM Schools of Public Health, Social Work and Medicine
Current Projects
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Community Health Worker Diabetes Randomized Controlled Trial for Latinos (2008-2013) This project aims to demonstrate how a culturally tailored community health worker intervention can be a cost-effective method for assisting Latinos with diabetes to improve their self-management skills and health status.
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Tailored Diabetes Medication Choice Decision Aid Project (2010-2013) This project aims to develop a tailored web-based diabetes medication decision aid that Family Health Advocates can use to provide personalized information to African American and Latino adults with poor glycemic control.
Past Projects
- Peer-Led Self-Management Support in "Real-World" Clinical and Community Settings (2009-2012) In collaboration with the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, this project is testing: 1) effective approaches to train peers in state-of-the art behavioral methods that assist patients with type 2 diabetes to initiate and sustain effective self-management behaviors and work constructively with health care providers; and 2) peer support programs that can be embedded within clinical and community settings to provide long-term support for adults with diabetes.