Diabetes Programs/Activities

Our programs work toward decreasing diabetes prevalence and diabetes-related complications such as: amputations, renal disease, cardiovascular disease, and blindness.

We promote:

• Enhanced awareness of diabetes and the complications of diabetes to all Ohioans
• Increased control of diabetes for those who have been diagnosed
• Access to quality care for those disproportionately affected populations with diabetes
• Improved care of services for underserved populations with diabetes in Ohio
• Quality diabetes education- including the promotion of wellness, physical activity, weight and blood pressure control, and smoking cessation
• Self management
• Partnerships
• Community involvement and capacity building
   

Our Programs and Activities include:

• Diabetes Today
• Federally Qualified Health Centers Surveillance and Training
• Influenza and Pneumonia Immunization Campaign
• National Diabetes Education Program
• Diabetes in Youth
• Ohio Diabetes Alliance
   

Last Reviewed: 07/01/2008

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