Diabetes Conferences:
Heartland Association of Diabetes Educators present "Beyond Blood Sugars" Friday March 30, 2012 at the Kearney Holiday Inn. Register Here
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska presents "2012 Diabetes Update" on Friday, April 13th in Gering. Register online or see conference brochure.
Diabetes Education Center of the Midlands presents "Achieving Targets in Diabetes Care" on Saturday, April 21st at the DC Centre in Omaha. See conference brochure for registration.
Diabetes and Tobacco Use
Part of keeping people healthy, especially those with diabetes, is advising them to reduce their tobacco use. Tobacco-Free Nebraska is an excellent resource available to help healthcare providers. Learn more at QuitNow.ne.gov.
Have Diabetes? Consider a Tobacco-Free Life! We have new FREE information for patients on how smoking affects their diabetes. Check out our Materials & Publications page to order.
View our new online presentation--"Diabetes and Tobacco Use: What Clinic Staff Need to Know" on the Office of Women's Health Professional Education page. Great information for every member of the health care team. One free contact hour for nurses!
Defend Against Diabetes
Are you a healthcare professional interested in diabetes prevention? Join our stakeholders group and help us spread the word across the state on how people can prevent type 2 diabetes. Email dhhs.diabetes@nebraska.gov for more information.
Tell your at-risk patients about www.defendagainstdiabetes.ne.gov and have them take the diabetes risk assessment test.
See what a local physician had to say about "Defend Against Diabetes" on KOLN 10/11 news on the DHHS YouTube page. Video courtesy KOLN/KGIN-TV 1011now.com
Nebraska Diabetes Consensus Guidelines
 - Guidelines suggested for use in the management of diabetes in Nebraska. Also includes adult and pediatric flow sheets, summary of the ADA's testing criteria, and information and charts on foot, eye, and dental examinations
Toolkits and Other Resources:
Your Game Plan to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Toolkit
Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes. Healthcare Provider Toolkit. This toolkit contains a decision pathway to diagnose and treat pre-diabetes, proven strategies to counsel and motivate patients, an office poster, and copier-ready patient education materials. These materials help people to take steps to prevent or delay diabetes.
For more information, call the National Diabetes Education Program at 1-800-438-5383 or visit www.ndep.nih.gov.
Diabetes Dateline
Diabetes Dateline, an email newsletter, is produced and sent to subscribers by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC). The newsletter features news about diabetes, special events, patient and professional meetings, and new publications available from the NDIC and other organizations.
Working Together to Manage Diabetes: A Guide for Pharmacists, Podiatrists, Optometrists, and Dental Professionals
This guide focuses on diabetes-related conditions affecting the foot, eye, and mouth, as well as the issues related to drug therapy management. Working Together promotes a team approach to comprehensive diabetes care and provides simple care recommendations to clinicians about making cross-disciplinary treatment referrals. This primer package includes Working Together Clinical Images and four prevention brochures targeted at specific medical disciplines.
Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems
Feet Can Last a Lifetime. A Health Care Providers Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems. This kit contains all of the tools you need to identify and diagnose foot problems and to educate your problems.
Diabetes Guide for Schools
Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel. National Diabetes Education Program's (NDEP's) recently updated resource helps students with diabetes, their health care team, school staff, and parents work together to provide optimal diabetes management in the school setting. Developed with and supported by leading diabetes, pediatric medicine, education, and health professional groups, the guide helps to ensure that students with diabetes are medically safe and have access to all educational opportunities and activities.
Contact Information
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Phone: (402) 471-4411
1-800-745-9311 (ask for Diabetes Program)
E-mail: dhhs.diabetes@nebraska.gov
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