Resources for People with Diabetes, Providers and Payers

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• Resources for People with Diabetes
• Resources for Health Care Providers and Educators

Resources for People with Diabetes

Information about access to medication, testing strips and health care

• 211info is a free information and referral helpline. Dial 2-1-1, Monday - Friday, 8 am - 6 pm, or search the online database.
• Oregon Prescription Drug Program offers savings on prescription drugs for Oregon residents who are uninsured or underinsured.
• The American Diabetes Association provides support for people with diabetes, including information about health insurance, prescription assistance, and legal advocacy. For diabetes-related questions email AskADA@diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383), Monday - Friday, 5:30 am – 5 pm.

Disposing of medical syringes safely

• For information on sharps disposal in the Portland metropolitan region, contact Metro Recycling, or call 503-234-3000.

Self-management classes

• Learn about the National Diabetes Prevention Program, diabetes self-management education programs, Living Well with Chronic Conditions and other Self-Management Programs to promote taking control of your life and living healthier. The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a community-based lifestyle change program proven to prevent type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes or at risk for developing diabetes.

Educational Materials

• Staying healthy with diabetes (pdf)
• Blood glucose, insulin, and Type I diabetes (pdf)
• Blood glucose, insulin, and Type II diabetes (pdf)
• Keeping your eyes healthy when you have diabetes (pdf)
• The A - 1 - C blood glucose test: what it is and how it can help you (pdf)
• Ten tests and exams everyone with diabetes should be getting (pdf)
• Four action steps for quality care (pdf)

Tools to use with your doctor

• Diabetes care card (pdf) – to help keep your diabetes care plan on track
• Diabetes question sheet (pdf) – to be prepared for your visit with your doctor
• The National Diabetes Education Program provides resources to increase awareness about diabetes risks and complications, and to promote effective self-care and lifestyle changes.
  

Resources for Health Care Providers, Educators and Payers

Recommendations and Guiding Principles

• Clinical Practice Recommendations - Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes are revised annually by the American Diabetes Association's multidisciplinary Professional Practice Committee. Position statements and reports as well as National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support are available.
• Guiding Principles for the Care of People with or at Risk for Diabetes - The National Diabetes Education Program’s Guiding Principles aim to identify and synthesize areas of general agreement among existing guidelines to help guide primary care providers and health care teams to deliver quality care to adults with or at risk for diabetes.
• Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations: Diabetes Prevention and Control
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations:
  • Abnormal blood glucose and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Screening
  • Healthful diet and physical activity: Counseling adults with high risk for cardiovascular disease

National Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Self-Management

• Learn about the National Diabetes Prevention Program, diabetes self-management education programs, Living Well with Chronic Conditions and other Self-Management Programs. - The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a community-based lifestyle change program proven to prevent type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes or at risk for developing diabetes. Visit www.healthoregon.org/takecontrol for a statewide list of programs and resources including a prediabetes screening tool and a guide to referring patients with prediabetes to diabetes prevention programs.
• Implementing Comprehensive Diabetes Prevention Programs: A Guide for CCOs.  The Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) Public Health Division has developed a how-to guide to assist Oregon's coordinated care organizations (CCOs) and other payers interested in covering the evidence-based National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program.
  This four-part guide includes information about:
  
1. Partnering with lifestyle change program delivery sites
2. Partnering with clinics
3. Identifying, recruiting and retaining program participants
4. Infrastructure and sustainability  

Emergency Glucagon and Epinephrine Administration

Oregon law (ORS 433.800-830) authorizes lay persons to be trained to administer glucagon injections to persons experiencing severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), and epinephrine injections to persons experiencing severe allergic reactions, The Public Health Division is responsible for developing training protocols for the training of emergency providers and their periodic retraining. To request glucagon administration training, if training is not available through your local educational service district, school district or employer, contact the American Diabetes Association at 503-736-2770, extension 7293.

• Training Protocol: Emergency Glucagon Providers
• Glucagon Training Protocol PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Glucagon Protocol Interim Guidance
  
• Emergency Epinephrine Training Protocol

Tools to Share with Your Patients

• Diabetes care card (pdf) - A guide to help keep your patients’ diabetes care plan on track.
• The National Diabetes Education Program provides resources to increase awareness about diabetes risks and complication, and to promote effective self-care and lifestyle changes.
• Patient Education Handouts – The Oregon Diabetes Resource Bank is a collection of brief and easy-to-read written materials to help improve self-management of diabetes.
• Meals Made Easy - The Meals Made Easy Program offers a social environment conducive to the transfer of knowledge and skills by participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities and tasting of foods. Self-efficacy is further enhanced by the social support of others in the classroom. Extension faculty and diabetes health care professionals facilitate the sessions, incorporating learning, discussion, and goal setting.