IPDC – CHW RESOURCE CENTER
International Pre-Diabetes Center’s (IPDC’s), Community Health Worker (CHW), Resource Center was developed in 2017, as a division of IPDC’s Professional Training Center. The Center recruits, trains and retains Community Health Workers or Navigator to provide outreach and community support-services by training a workforce, committed to underserved populations.
IPDC’s – CHW Resource Center has a continual focus on improving health care by working with Community Health Centers, other health care settings, behavioral health, and community-based organizations.
Through these longstanding partnerships, the CHW Resource Center employ traditional and innovative approaches to develop and train a diverse CHW health care workforce prepared to deliver culturally appropriate, high-quality, team-based care, with an emphasis on primary care for rural and underserved communities.
IPDC: is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is committed to increasing Diabetes Self-Management Education/ Training (DSME/T) and National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) in local communities. IPDC’s programs and services are structured around the principles and realization that prevalence and risks for diabetes and Pre-Diabetes are driven by a complex array of social, economic, cultural and educational factors: collectively referred to as the Determinants of Health (DOH).
IPDC’s CHW Mission
Our Mission is to close the gaps for disproportionate health disparities in prevalence, and poor health outcomes for chronic diseases among underserved populations. We close these gaps with Education: by making qualified programs in chronic disease self-management and prevention education, and trained staff available to deliver them in local communities. The staff is supported by trained CHWs who provide community outreach and peer support.
IPDC’s Org. Mission
Our Mission is to close gaps for Determinants of Health in underserved populations (particularly the elderly impacted by poverty, language barriers, and low educational achievement) by increasing access to Diabetes Self-Management/ Training and Prevention Education in local communities and by engaging community stakeholders working together to make “healthy choice” the default choice for local community members.
