Diabetes Empowerment Education Program

October 11, 2024

New UAMS Initiative Trains Community Health Workers to Provide Diabetes Support in Rural Pharmacies

David Wise

Tina Hedrick from AFMC leads CHWs in an exercise on anatomy as part of the DEEP training program.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation launched a statewide initiative to train community health workers (CHWs) to provide diabetes support using the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) curriculum. This training, which is part of a larger statewide initiative to empower local communities to improve diabetes management and outcomes,…

August 24, 2018

Free, Six-Week Diabetes Workshop Sept. 10-Oct. 15 at Oaklawn Center on Aging

Ben Boulden

The Oaklawn Center on Aging, part of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS),  will hold a free, six-week Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) workshop for those who would like to learn about diabetes self-management. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held…