Start Date
5-15-2025 9:30 AM
End Date
5-15-2025 11:30 AM
Description
Background & Objective
Patients from historically marginalized communities face disproportionate barriers to diabetes mellitus (DM) management due to limited health literacy, language discordance, and a lack of culturally responsive educational resources. These structural challenges contribute to poorer glycemic control, higher complication rates, and reduced adherence to recommended care. While visual communication tools have demonstrated efficacy in improving comprehension, self-efficacy, and disease outcomes in chronic illness, their integration into diabetes care remains limited and inconsistently implemented.
Visual interventions may be particularly impactful in populations with low health literacy or limited digital access, yet few have been embedded into routine outpatient workflows. This project evaluates a multimodal, patient-centered intervention leveraging a visual dictionary and pictorial care timeline to enhance DM education, promote adherence, and reduce disparities in care delivery.
Keywords
diabetes, health disparities, digital health technologies
Enhancing Diabetes Management with Visual Tools: A Multimodal Approach for High-Risk Urban Populations
Background & Objective
Patients from historically marginalized communities face disproportionate barriers to diabetes mellitus (DM) management due to limited health literacy, language discordance, and a lack of culturally responsive educational resources. These structural challenges contribute to poorer glycemic control, higher complication rates, and reduced adherence to recommended care. While visual communication tools have demonstrated efficacy in improving comprehension, self-efficacy, and disease outcomes in chronic illness, their integration into diabetes care remains limited and inconsistently implemented.
Visual interventions may be particularly impactful in populations with low health literacy or limited digital access, yet few have been embedded into routine outpatient workflows. This project evaluates a multimodal, patient-centered intervention leveraging a visual dictionary and pictorial care timeline to enhance DM education, promote adherence, and reduce disparities in care delivery.
Comments
Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.