Assessment of a National Diabetes Education Program diabetes prevention toolkit: The D2d experience.

Background And Purpose: The National Diabetes Education Program created the Small Steps. Big Rewards. GAME PLAN.

Assessment of a National Diabetes Education Program diabetes management booklet: The GRADE experience.

Background And Purpose: The National Diabetes Education Program created the 4 Steps to Manage Your Diabetes for Life (4 Steps) booklet to help patients with diabetes learn the basics of self-management and care recommendations. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of 4 Steps on participants' diabetes management knowledge and self-efficacy in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).

Methods: A sample of 348 adults with type 2 diabetes enrolled in GRADE was included in this analysis.

Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in patients with diabetes: a message from the National Diabetes Education Program.

Purpose: To provide nurse practitioners (NPs) a review of current practice guidelines that help clinicians' efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes and its major macrovascular complications.

Data Sources: This paper presents data from major evidence-based studies and clinical trials that define the scope of the problem, the rationale for risk reduction, and a patient-centered action plan for NPs to effectively manage cardiovascular risk factors in people with diabetes.

Conclusions: NPs are active partners with the National Diabetes Education Program and play a key role in efforts to effectively manage cardiovascular risk factors in people with diabetes and improve their awareness of the link between diabetes and heart disease and stroke.