www.alliancefordiabetes.org

“Mobilizing the faith community for

diabetes prevention and control”

CDC Diabetes Translation Conference, April 2011

Renee Frazier, FACHE, MHS

CEO Healthy Memphis Common Table

Mission

To Mobilize Greater

Memphis to

Achieve Excellent

Health For All

Adopted September 2009

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Mission and Vision

Who We Are…

• The only Regional Health Improvement and Health Care

Collaborative for Memphis and Shelby County

• We have a 17 Member Board which includes Business

Leaders, Doctors, Nurses, and other Professionals

• Started in 2003 as part of the leading organization for

shaping America’s Youth

◦ Focus on Diabetes and Childhood Obesity

Nonprofit, 501(c)3

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Background

Background

What We Do…

• Promote healthy lifestyle change

• Preventative care messaging to the general public

• Consumer friendly health and quality public reports

• Environmental policies which focus on health

www.healthymemphis.org

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Focus Area

How We Define What We Do…

• Big “H” - Community Wide Health Improvement

◦ Focus on policy, environmental, and system changes which improve the health of the entire community

◦ Individual behavior changes

• Little “h” - Health Care Quality and Delivery System Focus

◦ Focus is on public reporting, quality initiative, equity in care, and care outcomes which impact individual health

◦ Individual behavior changes

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Diabetes for Life: Project Purpose

The overarching purpose of the Diabetes for Life (DFL) project is…

o To establish and institutionalize strategies within Memphis Healthy Churches (MHC), and medical community to control or reduce associated conditions or complications from diabetes, among the target African American population

Statistics

Shelby County Health Ranking • Health Outcomes are the primary rating used to rank the overall

health of counties. The county ranked number 1 is considered the healthiest county in the state

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Statistics

Shelby County Health Ranking

• Focus on Improving Health of Shelby County

◦ 906,000+ people in Shelby County

◦ 51% African American, 41% White, 8% Other

• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Survey:

◦ Latest ratings has TN #3 in the Nation for Obesity: Increases other health issues like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and hypertension; also increases healthcare cost

• Lifestyle issues which impact our health

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Statistics

Source: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDT_STRS2/CountyPrevalenceData.aspx?stateId=47&Mode=DBT

Statistics

Diabetes in Memphis, TN

• The prevalence of diabetes in Shelby County has been

consistently higher than national averages, ranging between 9.1 and 9.5 percent compared to national rates of around 8.5 percent. In 2008, the number jumped to 11.9 percent

• Mortality rates for heart disease, stroke and diabetes among African-Americans in Shelby County are significantly higher than national rates

Statistics

Diabetes in Memphis, TN

• In the 2007 Memphis Healthy Churches wellness survey, 72.6 percent of the survey respondents had BMIs above 25 (overweight/obese) and 41.6 percent had BMIs above 30 (obese)

• Tennessee residents in general, including those in Shelby County, demonstrate high rates of various behavioral risk factors that contribute to diabetes

• Obesity rates in Shelby County have exceeded national averages for many years

The Role of the Faith Community

• Memphis Healthy Churches(MHC) is a 100 member

outreach program targeting African Americans at risk for

health disparities

• MHC offers training to lay volunteers at participating churches

to provide education and linkages to services for

congregation members at risk for developing diabetes and

related complications

• MHC serves as the primary resource for community outreach

and identification of eligible project participants

Strategies

• Evidence-based chronic disease self- management patient

education

• Access to diet and exercise programs

• Case management support for high needs patients

• Patient-centered communication provider education

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Reneé Frazier MHSA, FACHE

CEO

3175 Lenox Park Blvd,

Ste. 309

Memphis, TN 38115

901.273.2617

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