DSMES

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,…