California Diabetes Program
PO Box 6583
Irvine,
CA
USA
92616
Email:
karinomark@gmail.com
Biographical Sketch:
2006-present: Area Health Promotion Specialist, California Diabetes Program, San Diego, California
Serves the San Diego, Orange, and Imperial County region with technical assistance and resources to support health care and community diabetes prevention and management initiatives. As the statewide lead for the English-as- a-Second-Language (ESL) diabetes prevention project, collaborates with ESL practitioners to integrate health promotion messages and skills into their adult students’ lessons.
2000-2006: Program Development Manager, Altam Associates, San Diego, CA
Created screening and brief intervention protocols, training materials, and quality improvement monitoring systems for alcohol and drug abuse prevention program provided by peer health educators in hospital emergency departments and primary care clinics. Services were named an Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Has delivered numerous presentations at professional conferences including the American Public Health Association annual meeting and CDC Division of Diabetes Translation annual conference.