Kaiser Permanente Brings Diabetes ‘Show and Tell’ to School

Kaiser Permanente:

What:

Now that the sugar rush season has come to a close, kids get serious about diabetes prevention. Kaiser Permanente physician, Moises Cruz, MD, along with a team of nurses and diabetes patients will visit fourth and fifth graders with an interactive pilot program. The program will teach students about the causes, symptoms and complications of the disease, and what they can do at a young age, and throughout their lives, to lower their chances of being diagnosed with diabetes.

 

When:

Thursday, February 15, 2007 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Program will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m.

 

Where:

Logan Street Elementary School Auditorium, 1711 W. Montana St., Los Angeles

Street parking is available on Montana Street and Lemoyne Street.

 

Who:

Moises Cruz, MD, Kaiser Permanente Internal Medicine, Diabetes Co-Champion

Ten Participants from the Compañeros en el Cuidado de Diabetes Program

Diane Ramirez, Logan Street Elementary School Principal

 

Interviews will be available in English and Spanish

 

Visuals:

As part of the Compañeros en el Cuidado de Diabetes (Partners in Diabetes Care) program, students will be able to ask more personal questions in small group settings and will see how a patient with diabetes measures his or her blood sugar level.

 

Why:

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in young children. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly half of Latino children born after the year 2000 are likely to develop diabetes in their lifetime. Latinos are 1.7 times more likely to get the disease because they have the lowest rates of insurance coverage and lack access to proper health care.