Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach Chapter 1 and 2: Introduction and the Care Model

Course Number: SS1240A

The goal of the Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach: A Comprehensive Tool Kit for Organizations Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Communities is to build capacity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community-based and clinic-based organizations in the areas of community assessments, evaluation, organizational support, staffing, building coalitions and partnerships, funding, community outreach/inreach, and marketing. Part A includes Section 1 and 2 of the Tool Kit. Section 1 introduces the tool kit describes how it is organized gives instructions on how to use it gives definitions or key terms summarizes the information on diabetes prevalence, risk factors, and key capacity areas for a diabetes outreach program and lists reasons why AAPIs have trouble getting diabetes health information. Section 2 introduces the CARE and Transtheoretical Models. These models provide the main ideas and framework for the tool kit, with an emphasis on the "community-organizing" approach. Please also see SS1240B-I.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audiences that may benefit mostly from these materials include newly formed AAPI organizations that are working on staffing, obtaining funding, and assessing the health status of their community, as well as older, long-established AAPI organizations, can use the comprehensive tool kit to expand their reach and effectiveness in their community.

MATERIALS: Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach: A Comprehensive Tool Kit for Organizations Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Communities will be available for downloading or ordering off the National Diabetes Education Program website at http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/catalog.htm#PubsOrg, or may be ordered by calling the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse at 1-888-693-6337.