NDEP News & Notes
October 2007
Volume 3, Issue 10
In this Issue:
NDEP’s New 10 Years of Progress Report
Ten years ago, a movement was born that focused on one message–that diabetes is serious, common, and costly, but controllable. That movement would become known as the National Diabetes Education Program and for the past 10 years NDEP has led the way in changing the way diabetes is treated–moving from a silent killer to a cover story.
Now, a complete overview of NDEP is available through NDEP’s 10 Years of Progress Report.
The report chronicles NDEP’s accomplishments over the past 10 years, including:
The report also looks ahead to the next 10 years, and NDEP’s renewed commitment to a wider dissemination of diabetes information, deeper outreach to audiences, and stronger relationships with partners in an effort to raise awareness about NDEP and its wealth of free diabetes resources.
To view and download the NDEP 10 Years of Progress Report, click here.
New Product Spotlight: DiabetesAtWork Toolkit
NDEP announces the availability of a new product for employers–the DiabetesAtWork Workshop Toolkit. The toolkit was created as a result of nationwide workshops that focused on the key role employers can play in diabetes prevention and control through workplace interventions. Key to the workshops was the use of the free resources available on www.diabetesatwork.org.
The free workshop toolkit includes:
The toolkit highlights the DiabetesAtWork website as a diabetes education, prevention, and management resource for the business community. DiabetesAtWork provides a multitude of pilot tested, evidence-based, and copyright-free tools and materials to assist in developing worksite diabetes programs.
The DiabetesAtWork Workshop Planning Toolkit can be downloaded by clicking here. You can also order a CD of the complete toolkit, complete with electronic versions of all of the documents in the toolkit, by visiting www.YourDiabetesInfo.org.
NDEP Promotes Diabetes and the CVD Link to American Indians and Alaska Natives
NDEP is raising awareness about the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease within American Indian and Alaska Native communities through its latest feature article, “Take Care of Your Diabetes by Taking Care of Your Heart.”
The article sounds the alarm about the high number of American Indians and Alaska Natives with diabetes who also have an increased risk for heart disease or stroke, and have the same cardiovascular risk as someone who has already had a heart attack. The article offers helpful tips that American Indians and Alaska Natives can use to lower their risk, including:
For more information about diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives, click here.
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming NDEP Promotions
In November, NDEP will recognize National Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day (November 14) by promoting diabetes comprehensive control and diabetes prevention through the Control Your Diabetes. For Life. and Small Steps. Big Rewards. Prevent type 2 Diabetes campaigns. This year’s World Diabetes Day theme is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents” and on November 14, NDEP will roll-out the revised Tips for Teens With Diabetes tip sheet series and an accompanying online quiz. Click here for more info about NDEP’s resources for children and adolescents.
December is a time for family, friends, and food, and NDEP will recognize the holiday season with our Healthy Holiday Eating promotion through the Control Your Diabetes. For Life campaign. This promotion will be supported by a feature article that discusses healthy holiday eating tips for people with diabetes.
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.
NDEP Launches One Call, One Click Awareness Campaign
NDEP has launched One Call, One Click, the new awareness campaign to promote NDEP as “Your Source for Free Diabetes Information.” In line with NDEP’s renewed commitment to “promote, promote, promote,” new One Call, One Click media kits are available for distribution to the general media, health care professional media, and you – our partners. Media kits include new print and radio PSAs (available in both English and Spanish), as well as an overview of the campaign, sample newsletter text, and web banners.
As part of this new campaign, NDEP now has two new easy-to-remember website addresses and a new phone number. The new website addresses, www.YourDiabetesInfo.org and www.diabetesinformacion.org (for Spanish-language materials), and new phone number, 1-888-693-NDEP (6337), are simply aliases and will direct visitors and callers to the existing NDEP website and phone number, which both remain active.
For more information about the One Call, One Click campaign, click here, or to request an electronic media kit, email ndep@hagersharp.com.
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.
*PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader application for viewing.
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.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program is jointly sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the support of over 200 partner organizations.
If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to subscribe, please contact us and ask to be added to our subscriber list.
To unsubscribe, please contact us and ask to be removed from our subscriber list. Thank you!