With funding from the Pfizer Health Literacy Foundation, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center has developed an educational program for low literacy Chinese patients with diabetes. The program offers training for physicians, nurses, health educators and others on how to improve health communication and incorporate health literacy principles in development of educational materials. Patients education workshops are offered in Chinatown and Flushing on issues such as improving patient-physician communication, diet control, and blood sugar monitoring. The Health Center staff members are planning an intervention manual for health educators and other health-care providers that includes a curriculum on delivering culturally appropriate care and self management tools. The Health Center has also joined the New York City Health Department Diabetes Collaborative Care Initiative. The Health Center has developed a patient registry and is checking clinical outcomes to monitor and improve diabetes care. Currently, there are approximately 800 active patients with diabetes in our registry.
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