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National Diabetes Education Program
NDEP Funded National Organizations
The NDEP has awarded funding to eight national organizations to cover a
project period of five years. The awards were made through a competitive
process that impartially evaluated the merit of applications received based
on criteria published in Federal Register announcement 05014: “National
Program to Promote Diabetes Education Strategies in Minority Communities:
The National Diabetes Education Program.” The newly funded organizations are
the Association of American Indian Physicians,
www.aaip.org*, Black Women's
Health Imperative,
www.blackwomenshealth.org* Khmer Health Advocates,
www.khmerhealthadvocates.org*,
National Alliance for Hispanic Health,
www.hispanichealth.org*,
National Association of School Nurses,
www.nasn.org*, National Latina Health Network, www.nlhn.net, National
Medical Association, www.nmanet.org*,
and Papa Ola Lokahi, www.papaolalokahi.org*.
Association of American Indian Physicians
Margaret Knight, Executive Director
Noelle Edwards, Diabetes Program Director
1225 Sovereign Row, Suite 101-103
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
(405) 943-1211
www.aaip.org*
The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) will focus on
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Diabetes Translation
national
objectives, the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) Strategic Plan,
and implementing lifestyle interventions. Through awareness and education,
AAIP will strive to improve knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors
related to the prevention, early detection, and control of diabetes in
American Indians/Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. AAIP will implement
strategies to build the capacity of AIAN national and regional
organizations, increasing their ability to develop and implement
community-based interventions. Strategies will be employed to strengthen
relationships with health care providers to assist them in providing
culturally appropriate diabetes education and support to AIAN communities.
Black Women’s Health Imperative
Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Interim President /CEO
1420 K Street, NW
Suite 1000 (10th floor)
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 548-4000
www.blackwomenshealth.org*
The aim of the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s (BWHI) project will be
to reach women in 10 church congregations across five states. The BWHI will partner
with Women’s Missionary Societies, African Methodist
Episcopal, and African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches. The BWHI seeks to
implement the Health-Wise Women Project, a diabetes education, prevention
and health empowerment program, to enhance knowledge, change attitudes,
foster blood-level compliance, promote regular physical activity, and
establish healthier weight among African American women aged 40–60 years
with diabetes risk factors. This organization was formerly known as the
National Black Women’s Health Project.
Khmer Health Advocates
Theanvy Kuoch, Executive Director
Heang Tan, Project Coordinator
29 Shadow Lane
West Hartford, CT 06110
(860) 561-3345
www.khmerhealthadvocates.org
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The National Cambodian American Diabetes Project (NCADP) is based on a community mobilization model
that aims to promote diabetes awareness to 30% of the Cambodian community through intensive outreach,
health education messages, and partnership building. It is the first collaboration of its kind,
partnering Cambodian community-based organizations from across the United States. NCADP seeks
to prevent and delay the complications of diabetes and the impact of serious psychological
distress on chronic disease management. Khmer Health Advocates serves as the lead agency.
The project is implemented at a grassroots level through the work of a funded community health
worker at each site across the country. One of the most innovative hallmarks of this project is
that NCADP functions as one project using videoconferencing technology.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO
Eliana T. Loveluck, Director, Center for Consumers
Paul M. Baker, Deputy Director, Center for Consumers
1501 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1401
(202) 387-5000
www.hispanichealth.org*
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health’s (the Alliance) Juntos
Contra la Diabetes/United Against Diabetes (JCD II) project addresses
the severe and unequal burden of diabetes in Hispanic communities in the United States through
outreach and education activities implemented in collaboration with
community and national partners. JCD II project activities include producing
Spanish-language reports on diabetes and
diabetes-related complications for distribution to professional health
provider organizations and conducting consumer and provider trainings
using the project’s bilingual diabetes self-management curriculum, “Living
with Diabetes." The JCD II project also focuses on diabetes coalition
building at the community level; diabetes awareness and education through
local and national media campaigns,
and connecting consumers with culturally-proficient diabetes information
and diabetes provider referrals through the Alliance’s bilingual helpline,
Su Familia (1-866-783-2645).
National Association of School Nurses
Amy Garcia, Executive Director
Nichole Bobo, Co-Program Coordinator
Shirley Schantz, Co-Program Coordinator
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 420
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(240) 821-1130
www.nasn.org*
The National Association of School Nurses’ (NASN) Managing and Preventing
Diabetes and Weight Gain (MAP) project's overall goal is to capitalize on the
intimate and credible relationships school nurses have with the communities
they serve to strengthen behaviors and provide positive messages about the
management of type 1 and the prevention of type 2 diabetes in children.
The grant affiliate sites are in four large urban low SES and ethnically
diverse school districts and the state of Colorado. The diabetes prevention
programming targets 4th grade students, while the diabetes management programming
targets K-12.
National Latina Health Network
Elena Alvarado, Executive Director
Amanda Caballero-Holmes, National Director of Special Programs
2201 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 965-9633
www.nlhn.net*
The National Latina Health Network (NLHN) nationwide program will enhance
existing efforts to prevent diabetes among Latinos at risk and also prevent
complications and premature death for Latinos living with diabetes. The NLHN
proposes an innovative peer-education program using situational platicas/health
vignettes as a tool to motivate Latinas in health prevention strategies.
The ¡Hoy Adelante! project will educate Latinas bilingually in Spanish and
English and will engage audience members to discuss critical health issues
that would ordinarily meet resistance, especially among less acculturated
Latinas and their communities. Peer educators will use behavior-based
vignettes to provide information about nutrition and diet, physical
activity, stigma regarding obesity, psychosocial and cultural factors, as
well as issues dealing with violence prevention in a way that is familiar
and non-threatening to their audience.
National Medical Association
Mohammed Akhter, MD, MPH, Executive Director
Wilma Wooten, MD, Principal Investigator
Ivonne M. Fuller Bertrand, NRPP, MPA, Project Administrator
Roslyn A. Douglas, MA, Diabetes Program Coordinator
Research and Professional Medical Affairs
1012 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 347-1895
www.nmanet.org*
The National Medical Association program purpose is to strengthen
the capacity of the association’s local societies to address the grant goal.
The project’s aim is to reduce the disproportionate burden of diabetes among
African Americans though awareness and, - education.
Grant objectives are to create coalitions, conduct outreach, educate diabetes
patients, and educate NMA physicians.
At least six diabetes coalitions have been developed that are
comprised of the Auxiliary to the National Medical Association (ANMA),
Student National Medical Association (SNMA), State Diabetes Prevention
and Control Programs, local public health departments, American
Diabetes Association (ADA), and Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), as well as, community-based organizations,
faith-based institutions, civic organizations, businesses, health providers,
diabetes patients, and other health-related agencies. By mobilizing at the
local community level and working together, we can make a difference in
treating and prevention diabetes!
Pacific Diabetes Education Program • A Program of Papa Ola Lōkahi
Hardy Spoehr, Executive Director
JoAnn Tsark, Administrator
Nia Aitaoto, Program Coordinator
894 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 597-6558 or (808) 597-6555
www.pdep.org*
The Pacific Diabetes Education Program (PDEP) is a program of Papa Ola
Lōkahi, a community-based organization that focuses on improving the health
and wellness of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. PDEP works in
partnership with consumers of diabetes care services, health care providers,
local diabetes programs and Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (DPCP)
both in Hawai‘i and the US-associated Pacific Island jurisdictions.
Collectively with their community partners, they address the need for
cultural and linguistically-appropriate diabetes education materials by 1)
developing awareness and education interventions designed to improve
knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors related to diabetes prevention
and control; 2) establishing partnerships with local community-based
programs, DPCP programs, and consumers of services related to diabetes
prevention and care; and 3) distributing culturally-and
linguistically-appropriate diabetes education materials for community
programs and health care providers.
* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely
as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any
organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred.
The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization
Web pages found at this link.
Page last reviewed: September 30, 2008
Page last modified: March 12, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Diabetes Translation
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