Improving Diabetes Care by Teaching Self-Care Strategies (On-Demand)
This webinar will explore the unique obstacles faced by health center patients that can hinder their ability to manage their diabetes condition effectively. Community partnerships can help health center staff engage patients with diabetes care management and self-care strategies, including identifying a patient's housing status, and initiating partnerships with public housing groups.
The AAFP has reviewed this Strategies for Preventive Health and Chronic Disease in Maternal, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Adult Care training and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. The term of approval is for one year. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This live session is approved for 0.75 AAFP Elective credits. Elective credits are available for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants. Attendance at the entire live training and the submission of a post-training evaluation are required to receive credit.
On-Demand training is not eligible for CMEs.
Presenters
Christina Clayton, MS, BSN, RN
Director, Clinical Services, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors
As a dedicated healthcare leader, Christina has over 13 years’ experience as a nurse leader in community, hospital, health insurance, and regulatory settings.
Christina has had a valuable impact on healthcare quality improvement. She has had positions in nursing leadership, nursing management, case management, payer quality programs, program management, regulatory compliance, and nursing education.
Prior to Renaye James, as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nurse consultant, Christina provided accreditation oversight to Medicare’s acute care programs. She served as the program lead for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Home Infusion Therapy accreditation programs. Additionally, she was the clinical support for Rural Health and Federally Qualified Health Center programs. Christina provided oversight to national accreditation organizations and provides direction in the development of education material for state surveyors for those programs. Additionally, she was responsible for collaborating with other federal agencies and national associations.
As a program manager for Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC, Christina aligned measurable program goals with organization’s mission, and utilized quality improvement strategies and measurement to implement changes the health plan’s programs. Christina has been instrumental in improving the health of the community; as a Program Manager, she collaborated with external stakeholders to improve health outcomes and decrease high utilization of members within the Complex Case Management and Disease Management Program.
As a FQHC Clinical Manager, she has vast experience in health center operations, care management, health center budgeting, nursing management, and medical assistant supervision.
Christina has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coppin State University (Baltimore, Maryland) and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland).
Jose Leon, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, National Center for Health in Public Housing
Dr. Jose Leon is the Chief Medical Officer at the National Center for Health in Public Housing, where he oversees national initiatives aimed at strengthening the capacity of Health Centers serving public housing residents. His work focuses on emerging clinical priorities and the development, implementation, and evaluation of Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance frameworks that promote measurable enhancements in healthcare delivery and population health outcomes.
Dr. Leon leads national working groups on clinical quality and emergency preparedness, providing guidance and training to more than 385 Health Centers across the United States. His career has been principally dedicated to advancing health equity for low-income and marginalized populations, with sustained attention to the social and structural aspects that shape clinical and nonclinical needs.
His research portfolio includes work in health literacy, community health assessment, and emergency preparedness, with an emphasis on translating evidence into practice within community-based primary care settings. Dr. Leon is the author of more than 100 publications in public health and emerging medical issues, appearing in both Spanish- and English-language outlets.