About the Program

The Indiana State Department of Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP) is funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Diabetes Translation.  The DPCP mission is to reduce the burden of diabetes in Indiana through data surveillance, health communications, health systems development, and development and implementation of community interventions and programs. The vision of the DPCP is a  state where the public is fully aware of the impact of diabetes; all patients with diabetes are receiving high quality care wherever they are in the state regardless of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status; and patients with diabetes enjoy the best quality of life possible.

What's New?

Advocacy Tools:  NACDD Diabetes Council Advocacy Toolbox 

CDC Podcasts - Download podcasts regarding a variety of health related topics!

Diabetes Initiative - This national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on Advancing Diabetes Self Management, Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care, and Childhood Obesity Prevention Pilot Project.

Diabetes in Indiana Report  -  A report on diabetes morbidity and mortality in Indiana.

Indiana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Newsletter: Diabetes in Indiana Adults Results from the 2007 BRFSS

INControl Diabetes Across Indiana E-Newsletter      Fall 2007    Spring 2008

The Indiana Women's Diabetes Initiative is formerly the ASIST 2010 Grant.  Office of Women's Health at the Indiana State Department of Health recently received a three-year grant from Health and Human Services to improve health outcomes for females with diabetes. The grant will support a pilot project in three Indiana counties, Elkhart, Howard, and Lawrence. Patient Navigators will assist females with diabetes in successfully managing their diabetes by helping them overcome barriers to accessing health care services and community resources. Evidence-based strategies will be focused on specified Healthy People 2010 objectives.  For more information, please contact The Office of Women's Health at 317.233.9156 or visit their website Office of Women's Health. 

The DPCP and the Division of Aging at Family and Social Services received a two year grant from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to implement an evidence-based Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) developed by Stanford University.  "Living a Healthy Life" will be implemented in the sixteen Area Agencies on Aging across Indiana.  The Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, and the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging and Community are partners on this grant.

Upcoming Events!

November 22, 2008 - Too Sweet for Your Own Good: Managing Diabetes Conference in Lake County, IN

December 6, 2008 - Diabetes in Our Community: Lighting the Way to Healthy Living

Coming Soon

   New quitline brochure on diabetes and tobacco!

• Indiana: Diabetes and Women Fact Sheet
• Indiana: Diabetes and Smoking Fact Sheet

For additional informatin regarding diabetes prevention and control,
please contact the program at:
Indiana State Department of Health
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Chronic Disease
2 N. Meridian Street, 6 B
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-7634
Fax: (317) 233-7127

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