Diabetes and Health Equity: What’s in Your Tool Kit?
Webinar: March 5, 2013, 3:00–4:30 p.m. EST

Registration is now open<http://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/452843679>[External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html>.

[Three overlapping circles labeled Policy, Action and Science.]Join us for an interactive webinar on health disparities and health equity as it relates to the intersection of policy, action, and science in diabetes prevention and control.
At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to—
·         Clearly understand concepts of health disparity, health inequality, health equity, the social determinants of health, and the fundamental causes within the context of the United States.
·         Describe the major components of the Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, the National Prevention Strategy [Adobe PDF file]  [PDF–4.66MB]<http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/prevention/strategy/report.pdf>[External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html>, Elimination of Health Disparities [Adobe PDF file]  [PDF–0.98MB]<http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete.pdf>[External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html> focus area, and Strategy for Achieving Health Equity [Adobe PDF file]  [PDF–4.12KB]<http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/NSS/NSSExecSum.pdf>[External Web Site Icon]<http://www.cdc.gov/Other/disclaimer.html> topic area.
·         Describe how the national framework has informed CDC’s diabetes prevention and control programmatic and research agendas.

Moderator:

Patricia Thompson-Reid, MAT, M.P.H.
Community-based Health Systems Specialist
Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenters:

Ana Penman-Aguilar, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director for Science
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mary E. Hall, M.P.H.
Associate Director for Policy
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Director, Division of Community Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D.
Director, Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This Webinar is limited to the first 250 individuals that register. If possible, please join with your colleagues to watch together under one registration. Thank you.
Learn more about diabetes prevention and control<http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/index.htm>.
contact: Norma Loner, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, 770-488-5376








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