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Nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes and many of them are employed in our workforce.
Diabetesatwork.org can help businesses and managed care companies to assess the impact of diabetes in the workplace, and provide intuitive information to help employees manage their diabetes and take steps toward reducing risks for related complications, such as heart disease.
WHO SHOULD USE THIS SITE?
- Occupational health providers
- Human Resource Managers
- Diabetes Educators
- Health Promotion/Wellness program managers
- Health Plan Designers
- General Managers/Chief Executive Officers
- Supervisors
- People with or at risk for diabetes
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Diabetesatwork.org has been developed in collaboration with:
- National Diabetes Education Program
- National Business Group on Health
- National Business Coalition on Health
- America’s Health Insurance Plans
Thanks to the following organizations for supporting Diabetes At Work workshops:
- Aventis
- Bayer
- Connecticut Business Industry Association
- Dallas/Ft. Worth Business Group on Health
- Inland Northwest Business Coalition on Health
- Sutter Medical Center
- The Alliance
New! DIABETES PREVENTION AND CONTROL SLIDES AVAILABLE
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The NDEP's newest resources are a series of PowerPoint slide sets that contain the latest information on U. S. diabetes prevalence and incidence rates, diabetes management and diabetes prevention.
In addition to Diabetes: The Numbers (introduced in January 2007), the second and third slide sets are now available. Diabetes: The Science of Control contains information on the science of diabetes control and highlights NDEP's materials for consumers with diabetes and healthcare professionals. Diabetes: The Science of Prevention gives an overview of the Diabetes Prevention Program, as well as information about NDEP's prevention campaign materials for high risk audiences. For more information and to download the slide sets go to http://ndep.nih.gov/resources/presentations/presentations.htm.