REACH mission and overview
The mission of the REACH Coalition is to eliminate diabetes-related disparities among African Americans, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, and Latinos/Hispanics living in King County. REACH US provides training and technical assistance to clinics, faith-based organizations, community based agencies, and small businesses on its culturally tailored diabetes education and self-management curricula (REACH Model).
Our program's health priority area is: diabetes and diabetes risk factors such as obesity, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. We primarily address the levels of community living and working conditions, while including efforts that impact individual and policy levels as well. This program implements organizational systems change as a primary intervention strategy.
Coalition members collaborate to create a training program to disseminate the REACH model at appropriate community sites and venues within King County. Coalition partners also assist these organizations in implementing the culturally tailored diabetes education and self-management classes with the populations served by these organizations. In addition to training and dissemination of its model, the initiative will work to promote primary prevention and support organizational systems change in order to sustain its efforts.
The following are the four goals of this initiative: Goal 1: Foster the implementation of culturally tailored diabetes interventions in multiple community settings.
Goal 2: Promote healthy lifestyle (healthy eating and active living) behaviors among REACH priority populations.
Goal 3: Expand community engagement to address diabetes disparities, social determinants of health, and to promote health equity.
Goal 4: Promote policy change beyond organizational systems for lasting sustainability of efforts to eliminate health disparities.
We will achieve these goals through a number of objectives and action steps, including:
- Diabetes Resources/Services
Disseminate our culturally tailored diabetes curriculum to organizations serving REACH populations.
- Healthy Eating & Active Living
Promote healthy lifestyle (healthy eating & active living) behaviors among REACH priority populations by increasing availability and access to affordable, healthy foods and places to be physically active for communities of color in King County.
- Advocacy
Expand community engagement to address diabetes disparities, social determinants of health and to promote health equity.
- Policy Change
Promote policy change beyond organizational systems for lasting sustainability of efforts to eliminate health disparities.
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