DPP Lifestyle Coach Network Newsletter

June 2023

Newsletter Highlights

This webinar examines the experiences of lifestyle coaches and program coordinators who deliver the National DPP in rural and frontier communities. Panelists share their successes, challenges, and resources for rural program delivery in states across the country.

The CDC Health Marketing Support Team is excited to announce the release of the newly developed Persons in Rural Areas Audience Profile. If your team engages with persons in rural areas about their health, use the profile to enhance your understanding of this audience. This resource reviews social and health demographics, including diabetes and prediabetes prevalence and risk factors, and actionable approaches to building relationships.

This Achieving Participant Goals document provides keys to success. Participant achievement of program goals (e.g., weight loss, physical activity, HbA1C reduction) for risk reduction and the ability of an organization to meet DPRP requirements for CDC full recognition are closely linked. Meeting participant goals is critical for improving participant outcomes as well as sustaining your type 2 diabetes prevention program. Programs with a proven record of meeting these goals and requirements have shared tips and lessons learned from their experiences. Review each of the tips to identify those that are most applicable to your program and participants.

Can you believe that summer is just around the corner? School’s letting out, and warmer weather is here, making it the perfect time to promote healthy physical activity in your community. The Health Marketing Support Team has created a social media challenge for summer to do just this—and help you promote the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program. 

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