MANY FACES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
CONTINUING EDUCATION
(as of 4/10/2008)

Educational Credit:

Professional Education/Contact Hours for Nurses, Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators are pending.

Continuing Medical Education credits are being sought for the 2008 conference.

Conference Objectives

At completion of this conference, participants will be able to:

Upon completion of this conference, participants will be able to:

• Describe effects poverty has on the health status of a population;
• Identify effective, culturally-appropriate strategies for assessing, treating and managing diabetes in primary care settings;
• Identify resources in the community available to assist in prevention of diabetes and its complications;
• Plan chronic disease care that is sensitive to reducing health disparities in communities of color and in ethnic and low income groups;
• Discuss the effects of federal and state policy developments on the health care safety-net and its ability to provide care to underserved communities and under/uninsured people;
• Describe ideas for aligning clinic operations to support the Care Model; and
• Apply new financial tools to improve agency performance.

Session Objectives
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008