Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)Major Program

664

Total Hours

Contributed.

1908

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

138

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who lost 5 to 7 percent of body weight

156

Number of people who took part in physical activity for 30 or more minutes on five or more days of the week (may be completed by a minimum of three 10 minute sessions of physical activity)

212

Number of people seen by a health professional as a means of managing their diabetes one or more times during the year

495

Number of people who checked their blood glucose 1 or more times per day

398

Number of people who had their A1C checked in the past year

464

Number of people who  utilized a diabetes meal plan (Think your plate/Plate Method, Carbohydrate Counting, glycemic index)

300

Number of people who implemented at least 3 healthy eating practices to help address their diabetes as a result of the program

258

Number of people who had a foot exam in the last year

309

Number of people who set and accomplished at least one goal they set for themselves in the last month

231

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Taking Ownership of your Diabetes

    Knox County has one of the highest rates in the state for diabetes-related deaths located in the “Diabetes Belt” by the Centers of Disease Control. Due to limited resources, available in the county, C... Read More

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    Diabetes-related complications can be serious, costly, and deadly. They include heart disease, stroke, kidney damage (chronic kidney disease and kidney failure), blindness, and amputations of the legs... Read More

  • HCDC

    The Henderson County Diabetes Coalition is made up of individuals that either have diabetes, are health professionals or want to volunteer. This group conducts diabetes awareness campaigns through new... Read More

  • Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes

    According to recent research data, the diagnosis of diabetes doubled from 2000-2015. In Kentucky, the cost of diabetes in the billions of dollars in lost work and wages. Diabetes is a very serious chr... Read More

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