Viva! – A Family Centered Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Program
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Gabe Shaibi and Allison Williams
Dignity Health Arizona division’s Community Grants Program
The Dignity Health Arizona division’s Community Grants Program award to support “!Viva! – A Family Centered Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Program.” For more than a decade, the YMCA, SVdP, and ASU have successfully collaborated to develop, test, refine, and expand diabetes prevention programs for children and families. Engaging St. Joseph’s outpatient pediatrics clinic, which is part of the Dignity Health Medical Group, as an active partner with a clinical population will increase the potential for impact of the collaboration to reduce diabetes risk and improve quality of life for high-risk pediatric patients.