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  • Get It D.O.N.E. Annual Conference addresses Diabetes and Obesity prevention and management. The benefit from attending the conference comes from being introduced to new concepts and intervention practices that help Promotores de Salud/CHWs to be more efficient and effective in their role as health educators and agents of change.

    Conference goals are the following:
    1. Improve communication among professionals and Promotores de Salud/CHWs in regards to prevention and management strategies for Diabetes and Obesity.
    2. Identify community resources that support the prevention and management of Diabetes and Obesity.
    3. Develop a support network between Promotores de Salud/CHWs to create stronger health community interventions.
    4. Provide Promotores de Salud/CHWs and Instructors with professional development opportunities and receive Continuing Education Credits.

    For the last 15 years, the Get It D.O.N.E. Conference has been a platform to address several public topics in addition to Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise; those topics included Emotional Intelligence, Eye Health, Breast Cancer, Mental Health, ZIKA. COVID-19, Facilitation Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, and Dental Health among others.
    This conference happened the first week of October of each year to commemorate Binational Health Week, which was created in 2001 with the objective to raise awareness and respond to the unique health care challenges of Latinos living in the United States.

    This year, the Get It D.O.N.E. Conference will be held on October 2-3, 2022 at South Padre Island, Texas.