You are the Director of Health Programs at an organization that focuses on diabetes awareness, education, and
Question:
You are the Director of Health Programs at an organization that focuses on diabetes awareness, education, and policy development. You’ve been elected Chair of a Community Advisory Board on Diabetes (CABD) that consists of a health educator, policy analyst, outreach coordinator, a community representative living with diabetes, a caretaker, a social worker, a primary care provider, a podiatrist, a nurse educator, an exercise physiologist, a registered dietician, a medical supplier, and students studying public health, social work, and dietetics and nutrition.
A recent community needs assessment indicated adults with diabetes were not having an annual foot examination. CABD wants to propose a new initiative on increasing the proportion of adults with diabetes having an annual foot exam and is asking your organization to take the lead in implementing the initiative.
- Explain the process by which your organization will incorporate a new initiative within existing programs to increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who have an annual foot examination.
- What method would you propose for CABD and staff to be involved in the development and selection of a vision and a mission statement for the new initiative? How will the initiative be promoted to staff, the community, and health care providers?
- Describe the manner in which you will select and inform a staff member to manage the initiative as an added responsibility to their current duties.