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What NDEP Can Do For You
NDEP offers a wide range of resources around three major public education campaigns These campaigns provide the foundation for conducting outreach activities in communities across the country Each campaign provides a wealth of tools — brochures, tip sheets, provider kits, public service advertising, and more — that you can use to reach out to people with diabetes, people at risk, or health care providers Consumer materials are carefully tailored for groups at highest risk for diabetes–older adults, African Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Hispanics and Latinos, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders Many materials are available in 16 languages, from Spanish to Samoan Translations and adaptations have been pre-tested with intended populations
STEERING COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS
Americas Health Insurance Plans American Academy of Family Physicians American Academy of Nurse Practitioners American Academy of Physician Assistants American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists American Association of Diabetes Educators American College of Physicians American Diabetes Association American Dietetic
Association American Pharmacists Association Association of American Indian Physicians Association of Asian/Pacific Community Health Organizations Black Womens Health Imperative Bureau of Primary Healthcare Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Diabetes Council State Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs Diabetes Research and Training Centers The Endocrine Society Health Resources and Services Administration Indian Health Service Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Khmer Health Advocates Lions Clubs International National Alliance for Hispanic Health National Association of School Nurses National Latina Health Network National Medical Association National Hispanic Medical Association Office of Minority Health, DHHS Papa Ola Lokahi Veterans Health Administration
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Learn more about diabetes, download diabetes education resources and tools, learn how to work with the NDEP to promote diabetes prevention and control, and find out more about how NDEP works to change the way diabetes is treated
Diabetes
wwwBetterDiabetesCarenihgov
Many argue that we cannot change the way diabetes is treated until we change the
health care system This easy-to-use, comprehensive website for health care providers has information and tools to make effective systems changes in the way diabetes is diagnosed, treated, and prevented
For additional information, please contact:
Joanne Gallivan, MS, RD National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health Phone: 301 496-3583 Joanne_gallivan@nihgov Jane Kelly, MD Division of Diabetes Translation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Phone: 770 488-5196 jkelly@cdcgov
How You Can Get Involved
The NDEPs success is due to its extensive Partnership Network of over 200 partners Become an NDEP partner and help us spread the word about diabetes prevention and control Distribute our brochures, print ads, and news articles to your members and your local media contacts Place NDEP articles in your organizations newsletter and link to NDEP on your homepage Promote our materials at meetings, health fairs, work sites, and community events
Is Treated
wwwDiabetesAtWorkorg
Take advantage of this comprehensive website to assess the impact of diabetes in the workplace and to help employees with diabetes This site contains a complete
package of tools to create and implement an education program on diabetes prevention and control
The US Department of Health and Human Services National Diabetes Education Program NDEP is jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIDDK of the National Institutes of Health NIH and the Division of Diabetes Translation DDT of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC with the support of over 200 partner organizations
To learn more about NDEP, visit our main website at wwwndepnihgov 
or call 1-800-438-5383 To sign up for a monthly e-newsletter of activities, send an email to NDEP@infoniddkgov
A Joint Program of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Diabetes Education Program
The National Diabetes Education Program NDEP is the leading Federal government public education program that promotes diabetes prevention and control Launched in 1997, the NDEPs mission is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes NDEP translates the latest science and spreads the word that type 2 diabetes is serious, common, and costly, yet controllable and preventable More
than 200 organizations and many volunteers have joined with the NDEP to help develop effective public education initiatives and bring them to life The results of NDEPs public education campaigns have been powerful
Broadcast PSAs valued at 303 million Print PSAs reaching 534 million in circulation
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Diabetes is serious, common, and costly, yet controllable and preventable
Control Your Diabetes For Life promotes the importance of optimal blood glucose control Based on findings from the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, the campaign has distilled essential information into easy-to-read materials for people with diabetes and their loved ones NDEP also has tools for the health care team and school personnel — family doctors, specialists, nurses, diabetes educators, dietitians, and pharmacists, among many others — all of whom need to be engaged in caring for the person with diabetes
Resources include: 4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes For Life Tips for Helping a Person with Diabetes Tip Sheets for Kids with type 2 Diabetes Helping the
Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel Guiding Principles of Diabetes Care for Health Care Providers Working Together to Manage Diabetes: A Guide for Pharmacists, Podiatrists, Optometrists, and Dental Professionals
Be Smart About Your Heart Control the ABCs of Diabetes drives home the message that
comprehensive control is the key to preventing the heart attacks and strokes that kill 2 out of 3 people with diabetes Based on data from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study, the campaign promotes comprehensive control of the ABCs of diabetes: A for the A1C test to measure blood glucose control, B for blood pressure and C for cholesterol A reproducible brochure, Be Smart About Your Heart Control the ABCs of Diabetes, provides guidance to help people with diabetes track their ABC numbers and reach their ABC goals Also available are materials adapted for multi-cultural audiences, including American Indians and Alaska Natives, Hispanics and Latinos, and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
NDEPs prevention initiative,
Small Steps Big Rewards Prevent type 2 Diabetes, is the
nations first comprehensive campaign to stem the diabetes epidemic by reaching out
to the more than 41 million Americans with prediabetes Based on the groundbreaking findings from the Diabetes Prevention Program clinical trial, the campaign delivers practical, real world tools to help people take the small steps needed to achieve the big reward of preventing type 2 diabetes Resources include: Your GAME PLAN for Preventing type 2 Diabetes for Patients, including a fat and calorie counter and daily tracker Your GAME PLAN for Preventing type 2 Diabetes for Health Care Providers, a comprehensive toolkit Tip sheets, tailored for multicultural and older audiences, help motivate people to lose weight and increase their physical activity
Our work has just begun We invite you to join with NDEP as we move forward to meet our goals
We encourage you to use all of the resources, tools, and expertise the NDEP offers All materials are copyrightfree and may be reproduced or reprinted Materials may be ordered from our clearinghouse by calling 1-800-438-5383 or downloaded from wwwndepnihgov
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