Mi salud - Mi vida: Health Promoter Model for Diabetes Self-Management

Project Overview

3rd Funding Cycle Development Award
     Project Start Date: 7/1/2007
     Project End Date: 6/30/2008

Project Goal Statement: We will work together to assess and develop a culturally appropriate diabetes peer health promoter model to facilitate better self-care of diabetes in Hispanic families in Waukesha County.

Award Amount: $49,807

Community Partners:
Primary Community Partner: Carroll College
Additional community partner organization names:

• Institute of Hispanic Health and Human Services
• ProHealth Care, Hispanic Community Health Resource Center

Academic Partners:
Primary Academic Partner: Syed M. Ahmed, MD, MPH, DRPh, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Additional Academic Partner: Eric Gass, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary July 2007 - June 2008
     Project Final Report Summary     

Affiliated Web Pages:
    Carroll College
    ProHealth Care, Hispanic Community Health Resource Center

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

• Posters
  • Poster presentation at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine Conference. Baltimore, MD. Spring 2008.
  • Poster presentation at the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Family and Community Medicine Research Forum.
  • Poster presentation at the Behavioral Science in Family Medicine Conference. Chicago, IL.
  • Poster presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group. San Juan, Puerto Rico.