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Diabetes Health Literacy Board Hopes to Close Patient Education Gaps
Poor literacy skills and diabetes have two things in common: They are reaching epidemic levels in the U.S. and they affect minority populations disproportionately. Put diabetes and low literacy together and the result is a recipe for disaster.
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Our Voice at the CDC
Thanks to the historic appointment of American Indian nurse Pelagie “Mike” Snesrud to a key federal health policy-making position, tribal nations have a champion within the system to advocate for their needs.
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Multicultural Diabetes Prevention Campaign Offers Resources for Nurses
The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a federally funded program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently created Small Steps, Big Rewards, billed as the first-ever national multicultural diabetes prevention campaign designed specifically to reach diverse populations that have the highest risk of developing the disease.
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Where There’s Smoke
Individually and collectively, nurses can play a unique leadership role in reducing tobacco use in minority communities. Here’s how you can get involved.
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Careers in Nephrology Nursing
The growing epidemic of kidney disease in minority communities is creating an urgent need for culturally competent nurses of color with training and skills in this specialty.
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Fighting Gangs the Healthy Way
How Hispanic nurses in South Chicago are addressing gangs as a public health issue.
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Fighting the Meth Addiction Epidemic in Indian Country
Although methamphetamine abuse is a relatively new phenomenon in American Indian communities, it is quickly reaching crisis proportions. Here’s how nurses are helping patients and tribes find solutions to this devastating problem.
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Nurses vs. HIV/AIDS Disparities: Interventions that Work
In part one of an exclusive two-part series, we showcase the innovative work of minority nurses who are creating successful solutions for improving HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in communities of color.
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Sihtoskatowin: “Supporting One Another” to Build Research Capacity
A unique collaborative program in Saskatchewan, Canada, is helping Native nursing students north of the border prepare to become nurse researchers.
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Giving Patients a Second Chance at Life
By choosing careers in transplant nursing, minority nurses can not only save lives but also help increase the disproportionately low rates of organ donation in communities of color.
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Fighting Diabetes Disparities in Communities of Color
From Indian reservations and U.S./Mexico border communities to major urban centers, minority nurses are finding that culturally competent interventions and community outreach are beginning to make a difference in closing the diabetes gap.
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The Color of Hope
Suicide rates in minority communities are reaching epidemic proportions, especially among the younger generation. Here’s how nurses can make an impact in reversing this tragic trend.
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Breast Cancer Crusader
For women’s health advocate Dr. Shirley Lampkin, fighting breast cancer disparities in the African American community isn’t just a job—it’s a mission.
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