The mission of Piedmont Mobile Health Collaborative is to engage members of our community to develop and conduct mobile health research that will ultimately improve outcomes related to diabetes and hypertension.
Our Community
We are members of the African-American, Latino and Native American Communities. The core group consists of our steering committee and advisory committee.Why Diabetes and Hypertension?
Diabetes and hypertension frequently coexist with approximately 50% of individuals being diagnosed with both diabetes AND hypertension together.What We Do
We are creating a community network to conduct a research study to address diabetes and hypertension outcomes This work is being conducted in 3 Tiers.Top 3 barriers to managing your health
Awareness Knowledge of Own Medications
Device Usage Interest
Top 3 barriers to managing your health
Our patients, and community tell us that they think about mobile health use
A community collaborative of Durham and Winston Salem participants (N=106) patients, community leaders and health care professionals aiming to identify approaches and priorities for patient self-management, and explore the potential usefulness of leveraging mHealth Technologies
Piedmont Mobile Health Collaborative Advisors Develop Draft Research Ideas
Steering Committee Members and Advisors of PMHC met in Winston Salem, NC on March 31 2017 to discuss possible research questions to progress to the PCORI Tier 2 program. The 3 main category of ideas
Durham and Winston Salem NC community members surveyed
Durham and Winston Salem NC community members surveyed about their views on what the deem important about mobile health needs. When asked what is important in achieving success: 1) Access to their health team members
Piedmont Mobile Health Collaborative announces a call for individuals to join the team
Piedmont mobile health community network announces call for individuals with diabetes and hypertension to help us design our research. If you are interested in being a part of our team and live in Durham NC
Piedmont Mobile Health Collaborative in Planning Phases of New Research
We are Piedmont Mobile Health Collaborative (PMHC). We are in the planning stages of doing a community research project to evaluate the implementation of mobile health in the homes of individuals with diabetes and hypertension.
Join Us! How you can engage.
If you are an individual with diabetes and hypertension, or a caregiver, or a member of the faith community, or academician, or researcher and/or public health worker, please consider joining us!