DrTango's Dr. Dirk Schroeder, ScD MPH, to speak at the CDC's Diabetes Translation Conference in Kansas
Increasing Hispanic Enrollment and Adherence in Diabetes Programs


ROSWELL, GA, February 14, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr.Dirk Schroeder, ScD, MPH, DrTango's Executive Vice President, will speak at the 33rd Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Diabetes Translation Conference entitled, "Looking to 2010: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize of Diabetes Prevention and Control", in Kansas City, Missouri, April 13-16, 2010. The conference will bring together more than 600 participants from a wide range of local, state, federal, and territorial governmental agencies and private-sector diabetes partners.

Dr.Schroeder's oral presentation, "Increasing Hispanic Enrollment and Adherence in Diabetes Programs" will address the common barriers health plans & employers face when trying to engage, educate & motivate Hispanics through Diabetes Programs.

Drawing on original research and real world case studies, Dr. Schroeder will present unique motivators and sustainable strategies that have been shown to improve enrollment, adherence and health outcomes of Hispanics.

A copy of Dr. Schroeder's presentation will be posted to the DrTango website at www.drtango.com following his presentation at the CDC Diabetes Translation Conference in April.

Dr. Dirk Schroeder
Dr. Dirk G. Schroeder is the Executive Vice-President of DrTango Inc. DrTango's online marketing, communications and health solutions help managed care organizations, hospitals, and governmental agencies serve the fast-growing Hispanic population. Dr. Schroeder is also an Associate Professor of Global Health at Emory University where his academic efforts focus on improving the nutritional health of Hispanic/Latinos in the U.S. and abroad. He speaks widely on the potential of eHealth to deliver culturally- and linguistically tailored interventions that can narrow the health disparities gap. He is on the board of the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia and a technical advisor to HHS and the National Business Group on Health. He is the recipient of a Professor of the Year Award (Emory University), a Fulbright Fellowship (Indonesia), and Future Leaders Award (Dannon Nutrition Institute), among other accolades. He is the author of one book and over 100 scientific articles.

About DrTango, Inc
DrTango is a research-driven, multicultural health services organization that provides culturally-appropriate health management and communications solutions to some of the country's most prominent health systems, employers and governmental agencies. Founded in 1999, DrTango also provides guidance on healthcare access, wellness and diabetes directly to hundreds of thousands of Hispanic/Latinos through an exclusive partnership with Univision, the country's dominant Spanish media company. DrTango has strong research and evaluation capabilities and a sustainability model that allows for the on-going development of high-quality, culturally-optimized programs. DrTango's founding documents include the mission of "contributing to the narrowing of the health disparities gap".

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