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New Spanish-Language Comic Book on Living with Diabetes

[Editor’s Note: The spring issue of Streamline has arrived in mailboxes around the country. On the front page, we announced the release of Migrant Clinicians Network’s newest comic book, and included…
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Diabetes Clinical Teams: Q&A with Kevin Alfaro-Martinez, Eva Galvez, MD, and Sarah Deines, PharmD, from Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center.Kevin Alfaro-Martinez is a Primary Care Community Outreach Worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a community health…
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Spring Streamline: Motivational Interviewing: A Primer for Improving Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes

[Editor’s Note: Our spring issue of Streamline is arriving in mailboxes around the country. This issue helps clinicians uncover jobs in the ‘gig economy’ to better understand environmental and…
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Reverse Diabetes with Plant-Based Diets: Two Doctors Invite You To Try

(Photo by Earl Dotter)Top four reasons why Latino patients are good candidates to go plant-basedIn 2012, Dr. Leon and Dr. Carral, who originally hail from Mexico, launched Vegetariano en 21 Días (at…
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In the Field: Empowering Patients with Diabetes & Hypertension in Puerto Rico

 Today is World Hypertension Day, during which we recognize the“silent killer” and its impact on people around the world and push for stronger programs for prevention and control of hypertension.…
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Diabetes, Food Deserts, Depression, and More with Martha González from Clínica Romero

 [Editor’s note: MCN’s Diabetes Project ECHO brought together clinicians from over a dozen health centers with diabetes experts from around the country to best strategize how to bring A1c numbers…
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Diabetes ECHO: Interview With Diana, Health Promoter, on Diabetes In Her Community

 MCN’s ECHO Diabetes series drew attention from health centers throughout the United States, with participation from twenty-two community health workers who represented ten health centers and…
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Successful Programs of Self-management, Control and Prevention of Diabetes

 In the fifth session of our Project ECHO on diabetes, MCN facilitated talks with experts on self-management for diabetes. This ECHO series aims to share tools and tactics, help community health…
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Straight To The Frontlines: Diabetes Experts Engage Directly with Community Health Workers in MCN’s Newest Project ECHO

 A woman with a hemoglobin A1C of 9 struggles to change her diet with so little money, no education on cooking healthier foods, and no markets with fresh food in her neighborhood. Another woman, a…