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Quaker Fabric Corporation
Action Plan Participant:
Quaker Fabric Corporation

The Quaker Fabric Corporation is working with the Diabetes Association's Employer Outreach Program on a two-year effort to train all Quaker Fabric employees in recognizing and preventing diabetes among its employees. For more information and photos of this event, click here

 

Priority Area:  Health Education 
Priority Sub-Area:   

3, A) Nutrition and diabetes education

Goal:

To decrease the incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes among the Fall River population

Method(s):

Educational sessions to the management team and the entire workforce

Timeline:          

Beginning 2004.

Indicators:       

To be determined.

Progress: Working in cooperation with the Diabetes Association, numerous educational sessions on diabetes prevention were provided to the management team and the entire workforce in both English and Portuguese.

How citizens can  get involved:

Citizens who speak Portuguese can help the Diabetes Association deliver these sessions.

Contact Information:

 Jennifer Tenreiro, Quaker Fabric Specialist, 508-678-1951