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| 2025 - Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025.9) | 34 |
Number of people who set and accomplished at least one goal they set for themselves in the last month |
| 2025.8) | 34 |
Number of people who had a foot exam in the last year |
| 2025.7) | 34 |
Number of people who implemented at least 3 healthy eating practices to help address their diabetes as a result of the program |
| 2025.6) | 34 |
Number of people who utilized a diabetes meal plan (Think your plate/Plate Method, Carbohydrate Counting, glycemic index) |
| 2025.1) | 16 |
Number of individuals who lost 5 to 7 percent of body weight |
| 2025.2) | 34 |
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) |
| 2025.3) | 34 |
Number of people seen by a health professional as a means of managing their diabetes one or more times during the year |
| 2025.4) | 34 |
Number of people who checked their blood glucose 1 or more times per day |
| 2025.5) | 34 |
Number of people who had their A1C checked in the past year |
Author: Lora Davidson
Major Program: Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)
Diabetes is a very complex disease that can affect the human body in a multitude of ways. Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney disease, heart disease, and amputations, diabetes also claims the lives of more than 80,000 Americans each year. According to the CDC, it was the country's seventh leading cause of death by disease in 2016. Harlan County was ranked 114 out of 120 states in Kentucky for Health Outcomes and has a diabetic rate of 19% followed with an obesity ra
