Article Highlights National Diabetes Education Program

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Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

“Translating science into practice: the U.S. National Diabetes Education Program” (NDEP), an article co-authored by the Program’s Chair Lawrence Blonde and science writer Elizabeth Warren-Boulton, was published in the March 2007 issue of Diabetes Voice.

The article explains that the mission of NDEP is to reduce diabetes-related illness and death. NDEP focuses on optimizing diabetes care to improve management and outcomes for all people in the United States and addresses the urgent need to help prevent or delay the onset of the disease.

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You can download a PDF of the article at www.diabetesvoice.org/issues/2007-03/Translating_science_into_practice_the_US_National_Diabetes_Education_Program.pdf.