Partners & Community Organizations

Who can become an NDEP partner? You can make a difference in diabetes prevention and control by taking an active role in this important program. All organizations, associations, and groups promoting NDEP messages and materials are considered a partner. If you or your organization is active at the local or state level, NDEP encourages you to join your State Diabetes Prevention and Control Program’s efforts to expand the reach of NDEP messages and activities. These programs are existing members of the NDEP Partnership Network. NDEP partners support and promote NDEP messages, campaigns, and materials. For example, they can:

• Adopt NDEP’s messages and promote them within their organization and to the communities they serve.
• Adapt and tailor messages for target audiences as appropriate.
• Disseminate information and materials to media, community organizations, and target audiences.
• Coordinate education activities and share resources with other partner organizations.
• Use NDEP resources to modify the health care delivery system to improve quality and access.

Take advantage of all the support, resources, tools, and expertise the NDEP offers, including copyright-free publications from NDEP campaigns, Control Your Diabetes. For Life., and Small Steps. Big Rewards. Prevent type 2 Diabetes. The links below can help you get started.

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Partner Spotlight

The partner spotlight features partners who have used unique, creative, and outside the box ways to highlight NDEP’s campaigns and resources. In general, these partnerships have been recently implemented, can be evaluated, and have lessons learned that can help other partners.

Diabetes Observances

• National Diabetes Month
  November is National Diabetes Month. Take advantage of NDEP’s campaign materials to help you spread the word about diabetes management and prevention in your community.
• Diabetes Alert Day
  Held the fourth Tuesday of every March, the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Alert Day is a one day “wake-up” call asking the American public to learn their risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Partner Guidelines

For national organizations and companies that share common priorities and interests with NDEP, these guidelines have been established to provide direction and guidance for working collaboratively to reach NDEP goals and objectives. NDEP publications are all copyright-free, and these guidelines include information on how organizations can adopt these materials for their diabetes outreach.

Bring Diabetes Information to Your Community

NDEP offers several community guides to show how you can create and sponsor diabetes prevention and control activities in your community. These guides offer tips to help you start partnerships, plan activities, and raise community awareness.