CDMP Programs
Campesinos Diabetes Management Program (CDMP):
Supported By: Rural Community Assistance Council (RCAC)
CDMP is a Promotora-based diabetes management model that was developed to assist Hispanic community members, primarily elderly former farmworkers, through ongoing weekly support groups. Promotoras facilitate/coach the groups and provide diabetes education and assistance on diabetes-related needs such as medications, physical activity, nutrition, depression education, family issues, stress, self-esteem and spirituality. CDMP has been recognized nationally and won awards as a model border health program.
Suicide Awareness and Education
Supported by: Cenpatico
The program provides suicide awareness through community education, public information and training to educate community members on how to identify the warning signs of depression, its relationship with substance abuse and suicide ideation. Facilitate referral to providers. The Applied Suicide Skills Training (ASIST) is a two day, skills building workshop that prepares caregivers of all kinds to provide suicide first aid interventions. Professionals, volunteers and informal helpers all need to know how to help persons with thoughts of suicide in ways that increase their suicide safety. The program is provided in the Yuma and La Paz Counties.
WACOG Caregiver Training Program:
Supported By: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The goal of the Caregiver Training program is to improve and protect the emotional, physical and mental well being of caregivers and improve their care-giving skills through support, information, and referrals.
Caregiver services:
- Provide a systematic method to identify individuals in need of services.
- Identify individuals or families in potential need of services through face-to-fact contact in their homes and/or other locations outside of the agency.
- Identify individuals or families in potential need of services through telephone contacts.
- Educate individuals and families on the need of available services through TV and radio programs, and the internet.
- Provide follow-up contacts to individuals and/or families who were identified as needing services but who have not requested or received services.
- Contact individual/family to determine what services were received
- Determine if service(s) met individual/family needs
- Provide follow-up contacts of individuals/families who have received services but are not longer active.
For more information please contact CDMP at (928) 722-5735

