National Dining with DiabetesMajor Program

474

Total Hours

Contributed.

534

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

28

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who feel confident they can keep their diabetes under control or help the person they care for to keep their diabetes under control

347

Number of individuals who reported exercising continuously for 30 minutes at least 3 times per week

263

Number of individuals who reported preparing more healthy home-cooked meals

402

Number of individuals who choose smaller portions to help manage their diabetes or choose smaller portions for the person they care for who has diabetes

310

Stories

Diabetes Education the Tasty Way

The median household income and per capita income for Allen County is below the state average, $40,598 and $46,535 (respectively), which is below the national average ($63,179). Income influences health, and we know that diabetes care is expensive. According to a recent county assessment, Allen County residents are concerned about access to quality, affordable health care providers, chronic disease, and affordability of health care insurance. Thirty-nine (39%) percent of Allen County adults are ...

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Diabetes Education the Tasty Way

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Diabetes Cooking Social

    All of Appalachia has health disparities, including chronic diseases of all kinds, obesity and diabetes. In a creative effort to combat those, the Pike County Family and Consumer Sciences Prog... Read More

  • Diabetes Education the Tasty Way

    The median household income and per capita income for Allen County is below the state average, $40,598 and $46,535 (respectively), which is below the national average ($63,179). Income influences heal... Read More

  • Dining With Diabetes

    According to the Kentucky Department for Public Health, one in seven Kentucky adults has been diagnosed with diabetes. Breathitt County, which is part of the Kentucky River Area, has upwards of 22 per... Read More

  • Caregivers are Heroes

    During the COVID-19 Pandemic, I gained first hand knowledge about being a caregiver. I was thrust into a whole new world, with my 87 year old Mother. My mother had some underlying health conditions: d... Read More

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