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DE0092: Diabetes Online CDE: Healthy Corner Store - Work to Increase Produce Availability in Communities on the Navajo Nation

 
Date: 10/01/2020 - 9/30/2021
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Online
Location: Online
Instructor: Emily Piltch
Director: Jan Frederick
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Support Staff
Quota: 1 - 1000 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 1.00 (Total CDE); 1.00 (DANB Non-Clinical); 1.00 (AGD - 130)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

This webinar is offered through a collaboration with the IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention.

This session will provide an overview of healthy corner store work to increase produce availability in communities on the Navajo Nation. Multiple perspectives on the barriers as well as the motivators for increasing produce consumption will be described. Discussion will include a summary of all produce available across the small stores in areas and community without grocery stores; a summary store owner/manager interviews regarding produce consumption. Participants will be encouraged to develop strategies for helping communities remove barriers to produce access and consumption.

The webinar is accessible at https://www.ihs.gov/diabetes/training/cmece-online-edu/diabetes-online-cme-ce-education/.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Collaborate with patients and community groups to develop a plan to promote increased availability and consumption of produce.
2. Identify resources and tools for assessment of produce availability and consumption in your community.
3. Identify one change you can make in your clinical or public health practice relevant to increasing healthy food availability.

Speaker / Presenter:

Emily Piltch — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at emily.piltch@tufts.edu.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

NA

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.