NDEP News & Notes
August 2007
Volume 3, Issue 8
In this Issue:
NEW!
Consejos para ayudar a una persona con diabetes (Tips for Helping a
Person with Diabetes)
People with diabetes need the support of their friends and family in order to manage their diabetes and NDEP has tools to help. NDEP’s newest resource is the Spanish adaptation of Tips for Helping a Person with Diabetes. Consejos para ayudar a una persona con diabetes provides practical suggestions for helping friends and family members be active participants in diabetes self-management and how to help their loved ones learn and remember key diabetes tips to help them stay healthy. The tip sheet also includes a list of resources to find additional support and some great ideas from diabetes educators, nutritionists, and other health care professionals. Consejos para ayudar a una persona con diabetes can be downloaded from the NDEP website and hard copies will be available to order soon. For more information about NDEP publications, click here.
Working Together to Manage Diabetes Continuing Education/Optometry Credits Now Available
Continuing education (CE) credit for health care professionals is now available for reading Working Together to Manage Diabetes: A Guide for Pharmacy, Podiatry, Optometry, and Dental Professionals and its English poster. Visit www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/continuing_education.htm for more information on obtaining CE credits.
NDEP Promotes Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel
This month, NDEP is promoting effective diabetes management in school settings as kids and teens prepare to start the new school year. NDEP will highlight Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel, a comprehensive guide designed to empower school personnel, parents, and students to create a safe learning environment and equal access to educational opportunities for all children with diabetes.
Use our feature article, “Guide Designed to Help Schools Manage Diabetes in Students,” and product announcement to help promote the School Guide. For more information about diabetes in children and adolescents, click here.
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming NDEP Promotions
In each issue of News & Notes look for NDEP promotional tools that are ready for you to personalize, customize, and distribute.
By using our promotional tools, everybody wins. Your community newspaper receives a localized story with important health information for its readers, your organization receives good publicity, and you help NDEP continue to be the nation’s No. 1 resource for free information and materials on diabetes control and prevention. Each issue of News & Notes features tools that tie into the following month’s promotions and can help us promote NDEP together.
September promotions will embrace National Hispanic Heritage Month. A feature article targeted to Hispanics/Latinos with diabetes entitled “Hispanics/Latinos: Help Control a Growing Epidemic by Managing the ABCs of Diabetes” will emphasize the importance of diabetes self-management. A Spanish-language adaptation of the feature article, “Los hispanos y latinos: Ustedes pueden ayudar controlar un epidémico crecimiento con los ABCs de la diabetes,” is also available. For more information about NDEP’s Spanish-language publications, click here.
October promotions will focus on diabetes and American Indians and Alaska Natives in preparation for National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. A new feature article will highlight NDEP resources such as the We Have the Power to Prevent Diabetes tip sheet and the Move It! And Reduce Your Risk for Diabetes School Kit. For more information on diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives, click here.
Check the September issue of News & Notes for more tools you can use to join us in future promotion efforts.
NDEP Work Group Member Publishes The Little Diabetes Book YOU Need to Read
Consumers have hailed Martha Funnell and Michael Weiss’ The Little Diabetes Book You Need to Read as a “must-read” for people with diabetes, their loved ones, and health care professionals. If you are looking for a different kind of book about diabetes, this may be the one. Authors Martha Funnell, vice chair of NDEP’s Health Care Professional Work Group and Michael Weiss, past chair of the board of the American Diabetes Association, have collaborated to create a tool to assist all people affected by diabetes.
Most books about diabetes focus on treating diabetes, rather than on the reality of living with the disease. The Little Diabetes Book You Need to Read contains important tips for people living with the disease, not just information about the disease. Based on the empowerment approach, the book is short, easy-to-read, and provides straight talk and useful strategies to help people with diabetes learn to take charge of their diabetes and create a realistic plan to live with it on a daily basis.
Visit Amazon.com or your local bookstore to purchase a copy.
NDEP Wins Two Galaxy Awards!
NDEP has been recognized for its creativity with two prestigious Galaxy Awards. Created to recognize individuals and organizations for their accomplishments in marketing, the international competition included over four hundred entries from countries such as Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. NDEP was the recipient of the Silver Award in the Brochure Package Category for Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Information for Patients. In addition, NDEP won the Bronze Award in the Feature Article category for “Healthy Eating During Winter Gatherings for People with Diabetes.” Congratulations for a job well done!
NIDDK Unveils Website Makeover
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) completed the second phase of its website makeover with the addition of dynamic graphics and an enhanced layout. While the look and feel of the site better communicates NIDDK's mission, the quality and fundamental architecture of information, including the link to the National Diabetes Education Program's website, remains stable for longtime users.
The last phase of the three-part redesign project, expected in late 2007, will include the addition of multimedia content and more data-driven tools, such as an automated event calendar and organizational chart to make finding staff contact information easier. Professional and NIDDK web staff will have new, interactive electronic tools to keep content current. Last September, NIDDK redesigned the site's research funding section and added information about the grant application process and new "scientific areas" to help researchers find funding and other opportunities. You can visit the site at www.niddk.nih.gov.
On the Road with NDEP
Look for the NDEP exhibit at these upcoming conferences:
Stop by and visit! Find out more information about NDEP, let us know how you use NDEP in your diabetes activities, and come home with free copies of the latest NDEP resources.
Talk to Us!
We want you to use this e-newsletter to share your experiences and success stories with NDEP. How have you and your organization promoted NDEP messages and materials? Share your ideas and success stories with us, and we will share them with our readers. Email us, or call 301-496-3583.
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NDEP News & Notes is the monthly e-newsletter of the National Diabetes Education Program. These monthly updates are designed to keep you informed about NDEP activities and help you identify opportunities to incorporate our messages, products, and activities into your programs. Please keep your members and partners updated by forwarding this e-newsletter to them as well. Your help continues to be an invaluable part of our success. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact our directors, Joanne Gallivan (NIH) at 301-496-6110 or Joanne_Gallivan@nih.gov, or Sabrina Harper (CDC) at 678-313-9147 or sharper@cdc.gov.
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