U GOT THIS!: A Diabetes Wellness Initiative
Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) devices provide real-time glucose readings, replacing traditional finger sticks with small, wearable sensors that sit beneath the skin. These sensors offer painless, quick scans, tracking glucose levels over time and providing insights through a handheld reader or smartphone app.
The Issue
Awareness.
The mission with the ‘U Got This!’ pilot is to raise awareness within the African American community about healthy lifestyle choices surrounding diabetes care. By matching participants up with personal wellness coaches, hosting meetings, and providing a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM), awareness around how to take care of your diabetes can be brought to disadvantaged communities.
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 system used for example purposes only.
Access.
A major hurdle in the healthcare world is access to advanced medical technology for socially disadvantaged groups. African Americans have historically been denied, or not offered, access to the newest healthcare technology, leaving them more at risk for deadly illness. ‘U Got This!” will be providing African Americans with this access to a state of the art device for monitoring their diabetes health and improving their overall lifestyle.
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 system used for example purposes only