Past Events
A Day With Diabetes
Learn REALISTIC and PRACTICAL Approaches to Diabetes Self-Management and Community Resources to Meet Your Needs
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: Macedonia New Life Church
2004 Rock Quarry Road
Raleigh NC, 27610
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29th Annual Conference
Saturday, April 30, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sustaining Healthy Families:
Body, Mind and Spirit
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Opening Plenary Session
Workshopsand Luncheon
Honoring Outstanding Families of the Year
Wake County Commons Building
4011 Carya Drive,
Raleigh, NC, 27610
A Collaborative Partnership of
Strengthening The Black Family, Inc. and
Its Member Organizations
" A Day Without Diabetes" Seminar
Learn REALISTIC & PRACTICAL
Approaches to Diabetes Self- Management and Community Resources to Meet Your Needs
Focus on Diabetes Self-Management:
Nutrition, Exercise, Glucose Monitoring, Understanding Medications,
Healthy Coping, Problem Solving, Self-Care Behaviors, Preventing Complications
“A Day With Diabetes”
A Community Seminar
DATE: Saturday November 13TH, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Wake County Commons Bldg., 411 Carya Dr. (off Poole Rd.)
Tentative Agenda
9:00-9:30: Registration
9:30-11:15: Where do You Go to Afford the Care You Need?
This will be a panel discussion with safety-net Health Care Providers who serve the uninsured underinsured and those on the edge. Pharmaceutical representatives will also be available to answer questions about prescription and glucose strip assistance.
11:15- 12:15: Talk to The Professionals
Physicians, Podiatrist, Dentist, Ophthalmologist; Nephrologists, Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators
12:15-1:15: Lunch with Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge
Dr. Samuel-Hodge is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke University's School of Medicine. Dr. Samuel-Hodge is from the U.S. Virgin Islands and has worked extensively with maternal and child health, and chronic disease risk reduction programs among minority and underserved individuals. Her research has focused on behavioral weight loss interventions, weight loss maintenance, clinical and community-based diabetes self-management training interventions among African Americans with type 2 diabetes, and lifestyle interventions using peer counselors (community and church diabetes advisors).
1:30-2:30 and 2:45-3:45 Concurrent Workshops
A Food Demonstration: Sweets to Satisfy
Take Time Out of Your Day to Manage Stress
Your Kidneys Are An Important Tool
How to Learn From Your Blood Glucose Numbers
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