In 2007 with the help of a grant from the Women’s Impact Fund, Charlotte Community Health Clinic (CCHC) created a Health Education program for patients with diabetes.  The educators initiated a series of classes in group format to provide comprehensive instruction of proper diabetes management, diabetes nutrition education, and diabetes foot care. 

As the Clinic expanded to see more patients and with the rising rate of obesity and adverse affects on health from it, the Education Team amplified its programming to include the general clinic population as well.  Now, with a directed focus on disease prevention in addition to disease management, CCHC not only offers classes about diabetes and cardiovascular disease but also offers education programming for general nutrition, supermarket tours, smoking cessation, breast health, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, healthy cooking demonstrations, medication compliance, African-American-centered programming, pain management, handling holiday stress, and others as needed. 

The Education Team is responsible for the instruction of some of the classes, while for more specialized health topics they partner with other community organizations to provide the teaching.  The classes are held in both English and Spanish, for established patients of CCHC and their friends and families.  

For more information about CCHC’s Health Education program, please contact Jill Lipson, health educator, at 704-384-2269.