Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Update:
There are a host of health issues associated with diabetes, and it can be tedious and time consuming to parse through everything you need. The Chronic Disease management and prevention action team is in the process of developing pamphlets with comprehensive referrals to cover any post-diagnosis needs for Type II Diabetes. Ideally, this guide will help reduce stress associated with the tedium while increasing the knowledge/access to locally available and nationally relevant resources, information, and services.
· Personalized meal planning
· Heart care
· Foot care
· Ear care
· Eye care
· Emergency Planning
· Blood Glucose Management
· Finding the Right BC Meter
· Screenings
· Kidney Care
· Skin Care
· Diabetes and Depression
· Teeth and Gum Care
· Comprehensive Care Services (DPPs, Education, etc.)
Catching prediabetes (or the risk of it) ahead of time is a crucial catchpoint for reducing diabetes incidence. This action team is also preparing a multimedia campaign to get St. Charles County residents to increase the rates of timely prediabetes and diabetes screenings. This campaign includes redirecting users to a quick 30-second online assessment of prediabetes risk, while emphasizing the ease of prediabetes prevention as opposed to the dramatic costs of letting risks go unnoticed.
CDMP is also in early talks with the American Heart Association to implement SPE (Systems, Policy, Environment) interventions in St. Charles County.