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Practice-Based Research Network - Southeast Regional Clinicians Network
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality defines Practice-Based Research Networks
(PBRN) as groups of primary care clinicians and practices working together to answer
community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice.
The National Center for Primary Care Research Division is a member of the Southeast
Regional Clinicians Network (SERCN), which was founded in 1995 and is an Agency for
Health Care Research and Quality designated practice-based research network of Federally
Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Primary Care Associations (PCA) in eight southeastern
states (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky,
and Tennessee).
The Southeast Regional Clinicians Network exists to improve health and advance health
equity in the Southeastern US via practice-based research in the primary care safety
net and to serve as a resource for patients and providers in community health centers
throughout the Southeastern United States.
Disseminating Evidence to Promote Patient-Centered Diabetes Self-Management Strategies
Disseminating Evidence to Promote Patient-Centered Diabetes Self-ManagementStrategies Intensive Dissemination Lunch and Learn
Project Goal
To disseminate evidence patient-centered diabetes self-management strategies to front
line primary care clinicians (PCC), quality improvement staff, and patients with type
2 diabetes not on insulin, so that communities of patients and PCPs can engage in
chronic disease management strategies that are effective, minimize harm, and reduce
financial burdens for patients.
Westfall JM, Roper R, Gaglioti A, Nease Jr DE. Practice-Based Research Networks: Strategic
Opportunities to Advance Implementation Research for Health Equity. Ethnicity & Disease.
2019 Feb 21;29(Suppl 1):113-8.
Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) Bridging the Gaps between Communities, Funders,
and Policymakers, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, GagliotiAH, Werner
J, Rust G, Fagnan L, Neale A. 2016; 29(5):630-5. PMID: 27613796
Powe BD, Daniels EC, Metoyer T, McCray G, BaltrusP, Rust GS. Increasing knowledge
of cardiovascular risk factors among African Americans by use of community health
workers: the ABCD community intervention pilot project. Journal of the National Medical
Association. 2012;104(3-4):179-185.
Rust G, Gailor M, Daniels E, McMillan-Persaud B, Strothers H, Mayberry R. Point of
care testing to improve glycemic control. International journal of health care quality
assurance. 2008 May 2;21(3):325-35.
Rust G, Daniels E, Satcher D, Bacon J, Strothers H, Bornemann T. Ability of community
health centers to obtain mental health services for uninsured patients. 2005;293(5):550-556.
Rust G, BaltrusP, Ye J, Daniels E, Quarshie A, Boumbulian P, Strothers H. Presence
of a community health center and uninsured emergency department visit rates in rural
counties. The Journal of Rural Health. 2009 Jan;25(1):8-16.
Rust GS, Murray V, OctavianiH, et al. Asthma care in community health centers: a study
by the southeast regional clinicians' network. Journal of the National Medical Association. 1999;91(7):398.
