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Key Diabetes Education Program Reports on Progress and Future Goals Format: Web Site
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) In a step toward helping more than 18 million Americans manage their diabetes, the United States government in 1997 launched the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP). The program has broadened its scope in response to scientific findings, including a strong link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and the ability of high-risk individuals to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.
NDEP's progress and its upcoming goals are documented in a new report, Changing the Way Diabetes Is Treated: An Update on Outreach and Progress 1997–2003. NDEP targets many different audiences through the media, partnerships, and the health care system to reach: - People with diabetes and their families, with special emphasis on racial/ethnic populations.
- People at high risk for diabetes and their families, with special emphasis on racial/ethnic populations.
- Health care providers.
- Payers and purchasers of health care and health care system policy makers.
- The general public, including the estimated 5.2 million people who have diabetes but are undiagnosed.
NDEP is sponsored by NIDDK and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Diabetes Translation.Next Steps
Electronic versions of the progress report can be downloaded from www.ndep.nih.gov/about/about.htm#NDEP_ProgRpt.
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