Healthy Eating with Diabetes-CHW Healthy Eating Webinar

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Video Summary

The video is a webinar featuring Margarita Hart, the executive director of the INCHWA and Esperanza Ministries. Hart is a community health worker with over 30 years of experience and is passionate about advocating for the immigrant population. In the webinar, Hart discusses the role of community health workers in diabetes management and provides strategies for addressing social determinants of health (SDOH). She emphasizes the importance of cultural awareness in nutrition education and offers tips for reading nutrition labels and selecting healthy foods. Hart also discusses the concept of patient empowerment and highlights the role of community support in helping individuals with chronic pain or limited mobility manage their diabetes. The webinar encourages viewers to advocate for community resources, such as food pantries and meal delivery services, to support individuals who are unable to cook for themselves due to chronic pain or lack of transportation. Overall, the video aims to provide guidance for community health workers and diabetes care educators in supporting individuals with diabetes and addressing the social factors that impact their health outcomes.

Keywords

webinar

Margarita Hart

community health worker

diabetes management

social determinants of health

cultural awareness

nutrition education

patient empowerment

chronic pain