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preventing diabetes: Exercise, weight loss & lifestyle change
Losing a modest amount of weight and getting regular physical activity decreases a patient's risk for prediabetes. Modest weight loss means 5 to 7 percent of body weight, just 10 to 14 pounds for a 200-pound person. Regular physical activity means getting at least 150 minutes a week of brisk walking or similar activity. That's just 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
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Health disparities: diabetes prevention for underserved populations
Significant evidence
indicates that people with health disparities have an increased risk of developing diabetes, and evidence also shows that these high-risk individuals are not adequately targeted for screening and prevention. Efforts to screen underserved populations should be intensified so that evidence-based treatment and/or prevention strategies can be initiated.
When it is identified that a patient has prediabetes, providers and clinical staff can help underserved populations prevent the progression to a diabetes diagnosis by:
- Assessing social context, including potential food insecurity, housing stability and financial barriers.
- Making efforts to partner and support community champions who specifically target underserved populations in their geographic areas.
- Communicate opportunities for self-management support from lay coaches or community health workers when available.
- Provide educational materials developed in multiple languages and at appropriate literacy levels.
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learn more: access these tools today
Visit the site today to check out the many free offerings.
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patient education for all: finding resources in multiple languages
 Do you serve patients from a variety of cultural backgrounds? Utilizing multi-lingual education resources could be a critical means of communicating and promoting important health information in your practice. The following sites can help you reach these patients with information they can understand.
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM): Comprehensive listing of websites that offer free resources, many categorized by language.
- American Diabetes Association Patient Resource Library: Diabetes education resources available for free download (after registration) in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
- MedLine Plus: Browse information in multiple languages by health topic, or select resources from 60 language options.
- Health Information Translations: Use the search feature to local patient education materials by health topic or language.
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online learning: take advantage of free education
At the end of this activity, attendees should be able to explain the 2019 ADA Nutrition Therapy Consensus Report and identify steps to increase nutrition success. This course is specifically intended for primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who manage patients with diabetes. A maximum of 0.5 credits are available.
This
interactive course from the University of Michigan focuses on some basic issues for public health practice including how to understand, define and measure health disparity. Examining the language of health disparity, practitioners can come to some common understanding of what that term means, and also be able to explain key measures of health disparity.
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mark your calendar: upcoming hypertension
& diabetes events across pennsylvania
Do you know about a local diabetes prevention or hypertension event taking place near you? E-mail details to
Amy Porter if you'd like to have it featured in our upcoming newsletters.
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Funding provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Publication number PADOH-HD-
102519
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