Success StoryManaging Your Diabetes



Managing Your Diabetes

Author: Cecelia Hostilo

Planning Unit: Trigg County CES

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

Plan of Work: A Healthier Trigg County

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

11% of the population report being having diabetes. This series of classes is offered each year to help those affected by this chronic disease to manage their blood sugar levels and live a healthier lifestyle.  

The Extension FCS Agent collaborated with the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) from the Pennyrile District Health Department to offer a quarterly support group to help those living with diabetes. Topics covered were nutrition, medications, and building your health care team. A local optometrist came and presented information on eye health and diabetes at one session. Six people participated in this support group. 

In June 2018 the Extension FCS agent and Pennyrile District Health Department CDE collaborated to offer the full 8-hour course entitled Managing your Diabetes. There were 4 participants in this class.

100% of the participants reported putting to use the information they had gained in these programs. Three of the participants also participate in the SNAP-ed program in Trigg County and report making dietary changes to improve their health.






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