Health Action Item - National Diabetes Awareness Month

Diabetes Awareness

• • • • American Diabetes Association (ADA)
        • ADA 60-Second Risk Test for Type 2 Diabetes
          
          • Take a quick one-minute quiz to find out your risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
        • ADA Diabetes Alert Day Risk Test
          • A simple online tool offered each March to help raise awareness and assess your diabetes risk.
        • ADA: Managing Your Diabetes - Beyond the Meter
          • Explore tips and tools for managing blood sugar, lifestyle, and emotional well-being beyond glucose monitoring.
      • Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists: Self-Care Behaviors to Manage Your Condition
        • • Discover key daily self-care habits recommended by experts to help you live well with diabetes. 
        • Spanish Resources: Recursos en español para personas con diabetes y prediabetes
      • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Diabetes Basics
        • • Get clear, science-based information about what diabetes is, its types, and how to manage it. 
        • CDC: Diabetes and Prediabetes Fact Sheet
          • Review key facts, statistics, and prevention strategies for diabetes and prediabetes in the U.S.
        • CDC: Eating Well with Diabetes
          • Find nutrition guidance, meal planning ideas, and healthy eating tips for people living with diabetes.
        • CDC Prediabetes Risk Test
          • Answer a few short questions to see if you’re at risk for prediabetes and learn next steps for prevention.
      • Office on Aging and Independence Newsletter
        • Stay informed about programs, events, and resources supporting older adults in Howard County.

Diabetes Resources and Programs

• • • Living Well with Diabetes: Toolkit is a free, virtual, 6-week workshop in which participants who have diabetes or are at risk for developing diabetes will learn the skills to manage their diabetes and health. Caregivers, partners, support persons and family members are also welcome to register.

            Offered by:

• • • •  Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center  
        • Offered in English
        • Virtual or In-Person
        • Register here: https://living-well-with-chronic-conditions-toolkit-mha-2025-2zcho.events.hcgh.hopkinsmedicine.org/
    • This six-week diabetes disease self-management program (DSMP) is designed for people and/or their caregivers living with type II Diabetes. Weekly topics include glucose monitoring, skin and foot care, appropriate exercise, nutrition, and healthy eating and maintaining a balance blood sugar. This program meets for 2.5 hours for six consecutive weeks. 

Offered by:

• • • Department of Community Resources and Services - Office of Aging and Independence
      • • • Offered in English, Spanish, and Korean
          • In-Person (English)
          • Register here: https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/howardcounty/activity/search/detail/153063?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

Dining with Diabetes

• • Dining with Diabetes is an evidence-based, national Extension program for adults with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes and their families that teaches healthy meal planning and other self-management skills to help control this disease. Click here for more informaiton.

CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS (CDSMP)