A new podcast provides up-to-date information on why older women should be aware of the link between diabetes and depression. To learn about how early treatment for depression can help women avoid diabetes complications, visit www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11419.

There’s still time to register for the 2009 NDEP Partnership Network Meeting on August 17-19 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Tom Harkin Global Communication Center in Atlanta, Georgia!

NDEP chair Martha Funnell, M.S. R.N., C.D.E., and former NDEP chair James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., will open the meeting with a special address. Former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., will give the closing address. Join your colleagues, friends, and partners as we showcase “The Power of NDEP in Your Community.”

To register online, visit www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/partner_conference.htm. Early bird registration ends August 5.

We also encourage you to become a sponsor of this meeting. For organizations, companies, and foundations concerned with diabetes prevention and control, diabetes education, and community outreach, this meeting provides a unique opportunity to support NDEP’s goals. A conference exhibit or sponsorship will provide your organization with exposure to key public health professionals in diabetes care and education. We are asking for your help in underwriting some of the costs of this meeting in the form of unrestricted educational grants. In addition, sponsorship fees are considered a charitable contribution and are tax-deductible.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, contact Ana Toro at ana.toro@fleishman.com.

We look forward to seeing you next month in Atlanta!

NDEP’s new Control Your Diabetes. For Life. campaign messages communicate the seriousness of diabetes, the importance of managing the disease, particularly in the early years after diagnosis, to prevent or delay complications based on the United Kingdom Perspective Diabetes Follow-Up Study, and the idea that managing diabetes is not easy, but it is worth it.

Soon, NDEP will be mailing partners a CD kit with various tools to help you implement the new campaign messages. Partners will receive materials in English and Spanish including posters, a customizable press release, live-read radio PSA, fact sheet, feature article, e-newsletter blurb, and tips and talking points for the media.

We encourage you to promote our new messages beginning in November for National Diabetes Awareness Month and beyond. With many voices echoing a single message, we can reach the millions of people with diabetes and their caregivers.

To request a free CD kit, contact Rachel Byrd at rbyrd@hagersharp.com.

NDEP’s African American/African Ancestry and Hispanic/Latino Work Groups hosted two webinars in May about NDEP’s The Road to Health Toolkit. Free recordings of both webinars are now available. Download the recordings of each webinar by clicking on these links:

• May 14: NDEP's The Road to Health Toolkit Training Webinar
• May 21: NDEP’s The Road to Health Toolkit Training Webinar

These recordings provide an overview of the toolkit, a preview of the upcoming training guide and video, and examples of innovative dissemination efforts already underway.

NDEP is currently promoting ways African Americans can prevent type 2 diabetes using a new feature article entitled, “African Americans: Lose Weight, Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes”* to African American print and online publications. The article provides tips on how African Americans can become more physically active and make healthy food choices. For more tips on preventing type 2 diabetes for African Americans, read NDEP’s More Than 50 Ways to Prevent Diabetes* tip sheet.

NDEP encourages you to promote the feature article to local media and to your partners. For example, add your organization’s logo, name, mission, and contact information to highlight how you and NDEP are working together. Then submit the article to your local newspaper or promote it in your organization’s newsletter.

In August, NDEP will distribute a new feature article entitled, “Help Your Teen Deal with the Ups & Downs of Diabetes”* to parent and teen print and online publications. The article will provide tips on how parents can help their teens face the unique challenges associated with diabetes. For more information on teens and diabetes, read NDEP’s Tips for Teens tip sheet series.

In September, NDEP will distribute a feature article about the lifelong risk for developing diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes and their children to Spanish-language print and online publications. To learn more, read NDEP’s Nunca es muy temprano para prevenir la diabetes. Pequeños pasa de por vida para una familia sana* tip sheet.

In each issue of NEWS & NOTES look for NDEP promotional tools that are ready for you to personalize, customize, and distribute. For example, use our printer-ready public service announcements to make diabetes posters for upcoming events, health fairs, or your office. Use our customizable campaign resources to promote diabetes awareness in your community. Or take our feature articles, press releases and media advisories, and public service announcements, and add your organization’s logo.

By using our promotional tools, everybody wins. Your community newspaper receives a story with important health information for its readers, your organization receives good publicity, and you help NDEP continue to be the nation’s No. 1 resource for free information and materials on diabetes control and prevention. Each issue of NEWS & NOTES features resources that tie into the following month’s promotions and can help us promote NDEP together.

Stop by and visit NDEP at the following upcoming exhibits and presentations:

• American Association of Diabetes Educators 36th Annual Meeting
  August 5-8, 2009, Atlanta, GA
  Joanne Gallivan, M.S., R.D. and Nichole Bobo, R.N., M.S.N., A.N.P., will present an overview of the NDEP School Guide on August 5 at 10:45 a.m. during a session entitled, “Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: Strategies and Tools for Diabetes Management at School.” Joanne Gallivan and Clarice Brown will present on August 7 at 1:30 p.m. during a session entitled, “Using Information from National Surveys to Guide Clinical Encounters.”
• American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly
  October 14-17, 2009, Boston, MA
• American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo 2009
  October 17-20, 2009, Denver, CO
  Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D. and Joanne Gallivan, M.S., R.D. will present on October 20 at 9:45 a.m. during a session entitled, “Navigating the Changing Landscape of Diabetes: Clinical Implications and Resources to Help.”
• American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition
  October 17-20, 2009, Washington, D.C.
• International Diabetes Federation 20th World Diabetes Congress
  October 18-22, 2009, Montreal, Canada
  Join Joanne Gallivan, M.S., R.D. for a poster session entitled, “Diabetes Prevention and Control: Public Education Initiatives in the U.S.” on October 21 at 12:00 p.m. Betsy Rodriguez, M.S.N., C.D.E. will present on lessons learned while working with lay health workers to develop NDEP’s The Road to Health Toolkit during a session entitled, “The Role of Lay Health Workers on Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes." This presentation will be on October 22 at 8:30 a.m.
• American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting
  November 11-17, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
  Betsy Rodriguez, M.S.N., C.D.E. and Claire McCarty will present during a session entitled, "Lessons Learned in the Development of a Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Train-the-Trainer Toolkit for Community Health Workers." This presentation will be on Tuesday, November 10 at 12:30 p.m. Michelle D. Owens-Gary, Ph.D., Quanza Brooks-Griffin, M.P.A., and Anna Taylor Ellis will present a case study on issues associated with diabetes and depression for women, and will describe materials on mental health developed by NDEP. This presentation will be on November 10 at 10:30 a.m.