AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach: A Comprehensive Tool Kit for Organizations Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Communities

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AHRQ Innovations Exchange Capacity Building for Diabetes Outreach: A Comprehensive Tool Kit for Organizations Serving Asian and Pacific Islander Communities

This toolkit was designed to help community-based organizations and community health centers develop organizational capacity to deliver diabetes prevention and control programs within Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. It addresses eight key components for capacity building: Community assessments Evaluation Organizational support Staffing Building coalitions and partnerships Funding Community outreach and inreach Marketing Tools and resources are provided throughout this document and in the appendices. Each section includes quick tips, case studies, definitions, and examples that will help clarify many concepts.

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This tool is available at: http://ndep.nih.gov/media/capacity-building-toolkit.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer National Diabetes Education Program