By Evolve Health Strategists and Atrómitos for the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program is a partnership of public and private organizations working to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Partners make it easier for people at risk for type 2 diabetes to participate in evidence-based lifestyle change programs to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) is an inter-professional membership organization dedicated to improving prediabetes, diabetes and cardiometabolic care through innovative education, management and support. ADCES has a mission to empower diabetes care and education specialists to expand the horizons of innovative education, management, and support. ADCES began focusing on bringing the program to communities with little or no access to CDC-recognized programming, prioritizing supporting Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and FQHC Look-Alikes (LALs) with implementing the program.
FQHCs and LALs face unique challenges in implementing the National DPP lifestyle change program. To best support them, ADCES contracted Evolve Health Strategists and Atrómitos to research their barriers to implementation and develop resources to help them think through ways to sustainably implement the lifestyle change program. This Resource Guide offers FQHCs and LALs a framework through which they can understand the various benefits providing the National DPP lifestyle change program may have for their patients and their health center overall.
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