Texas Diabetes Council

The Texas Diabetes Council addresses issues affecting people with diabetes in Texas and advises the Texas Legislature on legislation that is needed to develop and maintain a statewide system of quality education services for all people with diabetes and health care professionals who offer diabetes treatment and education.

Vision: A Texas free of diabetes and its complications

Mission: To effectively reduce the health and economic burdens of diabetes in Texas

Next Quarterly Texas Diabetes Council Meeting: October 29, 2009 - Hilton Austin Airport, 9515 Hotel Drive, Austin, Texas, 78719 Phone: (512) 385-6767

» Click here for meeting information.

A Plan to Prevent and Control Diabetes in Texas, 2010-2011

The Texas Diabetes Council’s Plan to Prevent and Control Diabetes in Texas endorses a comprehensive approach to diabetes over the upcoming biennium (2010-2011), and beyond. In preparing its latest plan, the TDC reviewed state projections of diabetes prevalence and burden for the next forty years. Diabetes systems dynamics modeling tools developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided new insight into how clinical, lifestyle, and health policy interventions can offer a cumulative effect in reducing the health and economic burden of diabetes in Texas.

» Read more /download a copy

Diabetes Continuing Education Opportunities for Health Care Professionals

Sponsor: Texas Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the Texas Diabetes Council

An Update in Managing Diabetes in Texas
Holiday Inn Conference Center
5701 South Broadway, Tyler, TX
Saturday, October 31, 2009
7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Topics to be addressed include:

• Introduction to Diabetes and Management with Oral Drugs
• Initiation and Use of Insulin in the Management of Diabetes
• Integrating Incretins and Pramlintide in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
• Use of Non-Insulin Injectables and DPP4 Inhibitors in the Management of Diabetes
• Management of Non-Glycemic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in the Patient with Diabetes
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy and CKD

Continuing medical education hours are offered for physicians.  Allied health professionals may also attend and receive a certificate of participation.  Registration is $25 and includes breakfast and a copy of the 5th Edition of the TDC’s Diabetes Tool Kit.

» Download a final program and/or register online (link to AACE web site)

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Guidelines for Training School Employees Who Are Not Licensed Healthcare Professionals

House Bill (HB) 984, 79[R], relates to the care of students with diabetes in schools. The bill mandates that principals identify unlicensed personnel to assist with caring for students during the regular school day or while participating in a school activity. The bill also mandates that the Texas Diabetes Council (TDC) develop guidelines for training school personnel to be diabetes care assistants.

Guidelines for Training School Employees who are not Licensed Healthcare Professionals to implement House Bill 984 (79th Legislature) related to the Care of Elementary and Secondary School Students with diabetes (Updated August 2009, PDF, 193 kb, viewing information)

Frequently Asked Questions related to implementing House Bill (HB) 984 (Revised 07/01/08, PDF, 47 kb, viewing information)

» View resources for implementing HB 984.

“Love your Kidneys” Campaign Urges Texans at Risk to Get Tested for Kidney Disease

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Texas Renal Coalition are sending an urgent message to Texans at risk for end-stage renal disease (ESRD):  “If you have high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of kidney problems, you need to get tested for kidney disease.”

The “Love your Kidneys” campaign encourages Texans to get tested and “show a little love for their kidneys.” Diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading causes of kidney failure.  Early stages of kidney disease have no symptoms.  If left undetected, it can progress to kidney failure with little or no warning, requiring dialysis or a transplant.

Health care professionals can help save kidney function by visiting savekidneys.com for testing and treatment information from trusted sources such as the National Kidney Disease Education Program and the National Kidney Foundation.

Diabetes Tool Kit, 4th Edition

The Diabetes Tool Kit is an educational resource for health care professionals who work with patients who have diabetes. It includes treatment guidelines and algorithms developed by TDC medical advisory committees as well as handouts which may be copied for use in patient education. A PDF version of the revised Fourth Edition is currently available for viewing on the Diabetes Tool Kit web page.

Resources for Persons with Diabetes

The Diabetes Program at the Texas Department of State Health Services compiles a list with contact information for a number of organizations, publications and programs that offer information and assistance for persons with diabetes.

• Click here to view resources for persons with diabetes in a Word file (DOC, 98 kb, viewing information)
  
• Click here to view resources for persons with diabetes in a PDF file (PDF, 101 kb, viewing information)

Web links and contact information for organizations listed in the files above are for referral purposes only and do not indicate endorsement by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Web sites may also not be accessible to persons with disabilities.

Diabetes at Work

The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) announces the availability of a new product for employers–the DiabetesAtWork Workshop Toolkit. This publication 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.

Texas employers and community organizations interested in implementing DiabetesAtWork can visit www.diabetesatwork.org for pilot tested, evidence-based, and copyright-free tools and materials to assist in developing worksite diabetes programs. Contact the Texas Diabetes Program for on-site presentations and technical assistance related to DiabetesAtWork at (512) 458-7490.

Diabetes and Disasters

The Alamo Association of Diabetes Educators (San Antonio) has developed a Diabetes Disaster Response Toolkit. The Toolkit is found on the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) web site and includes information for health care professionals involved in emergency diabetes clinic set-up, staffing, chart documentation, policies and procedures, case management, and patient education. Links to important information for persons with diabetes affected by hurricanes is included in the patient education section of the Toolkit.

The Texas Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) provides credible and reliable information relating to disaster preparedness and recovery. Texas EDEN is a joint effort between the Texas Cooperative Extension and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Go to the Texas EDEN web site for disaster supplies and tips for persons with diabetes.

Texas Diabetes Public Health System Assessment

In January 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Diabetes Translation, directed CDC-sponsored state Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the collective performance of their state diabetes public health systems. The basic framework for this assessment was the National Public Health Performance Standards developed by the CDC, in collaboration with six national public health organizations, during the period 1998-2002.

Texas Diabetes Public Health System Assessment Click here to view (PDF, 4.4 mb, viewing information)

Last Updated September 3, 2009