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Equitable Care for Diverse Individuals and Populations

(M07) Improving Diabetes Care Through Evaluation: Lessons on How to Build a Culture of Evaluation

Monday, August 10, 2026
8:55 AM - 9:40 AM ET
CE: .75 CE
Evaluation is an important tool for assessing diabetes programming, identifying areas of improvement, and gathering feedback from relevant individuals. Building a ‘culture of evaluation’ and incorporating evaluation within and across diabetes programs helps ensure that health care services and messaging are tailored to specific populations to reduce health disparities. Attendees will leave the session with concrete examples from an evaluation of DSMES services, and ideas about how to apply these strategies to their own contexts.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Describe what a culture of evaluation is and strategies to incorporate into diabetes care.
  • Identify evaluation strategies to gather feedback from partners, providers, patients, and other relevant groups.
  • Apply learnings about culture of evaluation and specific evaluation strategies to attendee’s diabetes programming.
Disclosure(s):
Kristin Giordano, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Kayla Washington, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Kristin Giordano, MPH

    Lead Evaluation Specialist
    Emory University

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • KW

    Kayla Washington, MPH

    Evaluator
    Emory University

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose