Module 3: Program Clearinghouse

The HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy has funded rural communities to implement diabetes education and management programs as part of the 330A Outreach Authority program. This program focuses on expanding access to healthcare services in rural areas.

Examples of current 330A Outreach Authority grantees and other promising programs that have developed a diabetes education and management program in a rural community are provided below. Diabetes education and management program model information is available in Module 2.

• Mariposa Community Health Center
  Project Title: Vivir Mejor! (Live Better!) Consortium
  Synopsis: The Vivir Mejor! program was initially designed to provide culturally competent diabetes education classes for Hispanic/Latino communities in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The program has now expanded to focus on cardiovascular disease prevention.
• Meadows Regional Medical Center
  Project Title: Meadows Diabetes Education Program
  Synopsis: This program offers the American Association of Diabetes Educator's (AADE) credentialed Diabetes Self-Management Education classes, as well as the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program to community members in rural Georgia.
• Tri-County Health Network
  Project Title: Prevention through Care Navigation Outreach Program
  Synopsis: This program provides community-based support through community health workers to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in rural southwestern Colorado.
• St. Mary's Hospitals and Clinics
  Project Title: Medical Home Plus Project
  Synopsis: A coordinated care model using nurse managers to connect patients who have chronic diseases to medical and social services
• St. Luke's Miners Hospital Diabetes Outreach Program
  Project Title: My Health, My Community – St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital Community Outreach Partnership
  Synopsis: This program is working to provide diabetes awareness, education, and management in the primary care setting as well as obesity and diabetes prevention outreach within the community.
• Montgomery County Health Department
  Project Title: Western Appalachian Kentucky Healthcare Access Consortium
  Synopsis: This program uses community health workers to provide outreach, education, navigation, and care coordination services.
• The Health Wagon
  Project Title: Enhancing Primary Care for People with Diabetes in Southwestern Virginia
  Synopsis: This project provides comprehensive healthcare services to people with chronic diseases in Southwestern, Virginia.