Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
About the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
The Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program was established with a grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the burden of diabetes among Vermonters with the disease.
For more information, please explore this website, or contact:
Robin Edelman, MS, RD, CDE
Diabetes Program Administrator
802-863-7706
Fax: 802-651-1634
Publications and Documents
Publications available through the Diabetes Program include:
- Learning to Live Well with Diabetes - a guide for people with diabetes. A companion wallet card is also available. Limited copies of the booklet's content are available in large print.
- Guide for Diabetes Care - a single-page summary of recommendations for medical provider office visits, labs, and self-management responsibilities.
- Diabetes Risk Brochure - a quick self-check for diabetes risk.
Includes tips about food and physical activity to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.
Free copies of these resources are available by calling 802-863-7606.
- Managing Diabetes at School 2006 is available for students with diabetes, and parents of a school-age child with diabetes.
There are diabetes educators and diabetes programs available throughout the communities of Vermont.
To locate one near you, visit the Vermont Association of Diabetes Educators’ web site: http://www.vpqhc.org/VTADE/directory.htm
Diabetes Toolkit - 2008
Available in January 2008, a Diabetes Toolkit with brief, helpful, large print information sheets for adults living with diabetes, ready to download and designed for easy photo-copying:
- Blood Pressure and Diabetes
- Move More for Diabetes (Physical Activity)
- How to Prevent or Delay Diabetes
- Carb Counting and Diabetes
- The Facts About Fats
- Sugars and Sugar Substitutes
- Diabetes: Lose a little weight….gain a lot of control
- AIC…What's Your Number?
For Medical Service Providers
Clinical Guidelines