Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach Chapter 7: Building Community Coalitions, Advisory Committees and Partnerships

Course Number: SS1240F

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 F relates to Section 7 of the Tool Kit. Section 7 describes the importance and means of improving community collaborations. These might include partnerships, community advisory committees, and coalitions.

The remaining sections of the Tool Kit are available for credit as well. Please see SS1240 A - 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.