An amazing group of organizations banded together to create Guiding Principles for the Care of People With or at Risk for Diabetes, which assist providers to deliver diabetes care. The website is at http://ndep.nih.gov/hcp-businesses-and-schools/guiding-principles/
It is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH, and the CDC.
The ten principles are:
It is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH, and the CDC.
The ten principles are:
- Identify undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes
- Manage prediabetes
- Provide self-management education and support
- Provide individualized nutrition therapy
- Encourage regular physical activity
- Control blood sugar
- Reduce cardiovascular disease risk
- Detect and monitor microvascular complications
- Consider special populations
- Provide patient-centered care
