A study on people living in the Diabetes Belt found that diabetic individuals who attend an annual wellness check are significantly less likely to require a major lower extremity amputation. Read more >>>

Interested in developing your clinic’s diabetes services? Consider starting a program for diabetes prevention or self-management!

• The National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is an evidence-based lifestyle change program for preventing type 2 diabetes in people at risk of developing the disease.
• Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) is an evidence-based program that empowers people with diabetes to improve their health behaviors and outcomes. 

To learn more about these programs, check out this recording from the Tennessee Department of Health >>>

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Through June 2023, TPCA will pay for the following two diabetes care and education resources for TPCA Members:

Want to become an expert in diabetes management and prevention? Become a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)!

• Learn more at https://www.cbdce.org/ 
• Read about the eligibility requirements >>>

Build up your diabetes management knowledge and skills through a 9-week online Core Concepts course from the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. The next course runs from Sept. 8- Nov. 17, 2022.

• Learn more >>>

Contact Tiffany Priest at tiffany.priest@tnpca.org with any questions and to get registered!

Introducing Diabetes Education 101 for the Behavioral Health Professional

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) is excited to present a new and improved program designed for mental health providers who treat patients living with or at-risk for diabetes—best of all, this program is free (valued at up to $279).

Diabetes Education 101 for the Behavioral Health Professional is available in a convenient, on-demand format and covers the following learning objectives:

• Explore the basics of diabetes.
• Assess the major challenges of living with diabetes that may be the focus of mental health treatment.
• Evaluate potential roles of mental health professionals in the care of people with diabetes.

Earn American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), or general continuing education (CE) credit and improve patient outcomes by registering today.

Learn more and register here >>>

Postpartum Support International is hosting two trainings on perinatal mental health:

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Certificate Training: 

August 24-25, Franklin, TN

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Advancing Perinatal Mental Health Psychopharmacology Training 

August 26, Franklin, TN

• Learn more here >>>

Request for Information (RFI): HHS Initiative To Strengthen Primary Health Care

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) requests input from persons, communities, health care providers, purchasers and payers, educators, researchers, and other members of the public about what the federal government could do to strengthen primary health care in the United States. Comment period ends 8/1/2022.

Learn more here >>>