Rhode Island Diabetes Health Equity Challenge Concludes 5-Month "Learning and Doing" Action Network
Over 75 attendees participated in the RI Diabetes Health Equity Challenge “Learning and Doing” Action Network close-out session held on September 18. Stakeholders learned how the two Challenge pilot teams applied population health tools to rapidly assess and address equity issues alongside community partners to create short-, medium-, and long-term solutions. Over five months, teams received coaching from national experts and applied population health change principles to better support people with diabetes who are at high risk of poor outcomes in the context of the coronavirus. The teams celebrated their progress and plans for building sustainable community solutions that move from providing food to those that are hungry to making it easy of everyone to afford and access healthy foods. Somava Saha, MD, MS, Executive Director Lead from Well Being in the Nation facilitated the discussion on how we can leverage financial and nonfinancial resources to sustain and scale health equity in Rhode Island. (Click here for the presentation).