U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map Program - 18 Dec 08 - St. Louis, MO - Past Professional Diabetes Conferences

St. Louis, MO (Grace Hill Health Center)
Grace Hill Health Center
December 18th, 2008
Room: Large Conference Room
2524 Hadley
St. Louis, MO 63106

About the U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map Program

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Have you and your colleagues been trained on how to use the U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map tools? If not, please register for a training session in your area.

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What is the U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map Program?
The U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map tools were created by Healthy Interactions in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association and are sponsored by the Merck Journey for Control™ program. Conversation Map tools engage people with an interactive verbal and visual, group learning experience, which can enable them to better internalize information. The group setting and interactive discussion provide the flexibility to discuss topics that are most relevant to the participants. Discussing challenges and successes with other people build confidence and reinforces the fact that they are not alone.

About the Merck/Healthy Interactions Partnership
Healthy Interactions Inc., a global leader in health education, and Merck & Co., Inc., a global research-driven pharmaceutical company devoted to putting patients first, announced in November 2006 a multi-year relationship to transform how healthcare professionals engage patients in learning about diabetes and to improve Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) among patients. The original partnership committed to training and equipping 10,000 healthcare professionals with the U.S. Diabetes Converstion Map tools over three years.

In response to strong positive feedback from health educators across the country, Healthy Interactions and Merck will now undertake training and equipping thousands of additional healthcare professionals with the U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map tools. The enlarged effort also provides for the debut of the Spanish version of the U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map tools, developed to help connect with the nearly three million Hispanics and Latinos with diabetes in the U.S. For more information on Merck's Journey for Control program, visit http://www.journeyforcontrol.com.

About Healthy Interactions, Inc.
Healthy Interactions, Inc. is devoted to driving Personal Health Engagement® - our term for helping individuals commit to healthier actions. We create "Aha! Moments" that inspire people to change personal health behaviors. We build partnerships with leading medical and disease associations, not-for-profit organizations, corporations, and caring healthcare professionals trained in our approaches, enabling millions of people to take control of their health and live their best lives. Founded in 2003, Healthy Interactions is headquartered in Chicago, IL. For more infomation visit http://www.healthyinteractions.com.

About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the Association has offices in every region of the country, providing services to hundreds of communities. For more information, please call the American Diabetes Association at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit http://www.diabetes.org.

About Merck
Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck currently discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The Company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service. For more information, visit www.merck.com.