Getting to know your local Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPP) and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Programs (DSMES) and Navigating the CDC Website
This document is meant to help Community Health Workers (CHWs) navigate and familiarize themselves with available CDC tools and how to locate DPP and DSMES programs.
Getting Familiar with CDC Resources
Visit the CDC’s Diabetes webpage at https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/index.html and select a topic, article, or other resource that catches your attention.
What is the title of the resource that you chose?
How was the information that you read about useful for you?
At the top of the page using the link above, find and click the “VIEW ALL” tab.
What are the main audiences addressed on this page?
What is the title of the toolkit for Diabetes Educators and Community Health Workers that helps people with diabetes and their families take positive action to manage it?
How does the Road to Health Toolkit relate to diabetes?
Have you heard of the Road to Health toolkit or utilized it in your practice?
If you have, what are your overall thoughts on the toolkit?
There are a variety of free visual aids on the CDC website. Go to the CDC Diabetes “Explore Topics” Index (https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/site.html#gen). Find the “Web and Social Media Resources” Link under the “For Everyone” main category. Browse through the different types of visuals.
How could these tools be used to provide support to patients/clients/participants?
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)
Go to the diabetes index at https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/site.html#gen. At the end of the “for Everyone” main category, click on the “Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support” link.
What are the 7 Key Self-Care Behaviors that DSMES addresses?
When should a patient participate in a DSMES program?
What does a patient need before they can enroll in a DSMES program?
What two organizations are responsible for accrediting or recognizing a DSMES program?