Diabetes Prevention
Importance
Healthy eating, regular physical activity, and reducing weight can help prevent type 2 diabetes.
Required Key Measure
Must be reported by grantees that select this Best Practice.
Number and percent of adults and/or youth in your Target Group who participate in a diabetes prevention program that addresses: 1) nutrition, 2) physical activity, and 3) weight loss.*
* The program activities/services must address all 3 components
- Improvement: Increasing the number and percent of individuals in your Target Group who achieve this measure shows improvement.
- Timeframe: The timeframe for collecting data on the Required Key Measure will be January 1st to December 31st.
- Data Collection: For more information on data collection and reporting, see the SDPI Outcomes System (SOS).
Target Group Guidance
Select your Target Group* from adults and/or youth who are at risk for developing diabetes
* Excludes individuals who are pregnant and/or have diagnosed diabetes.
You are required to report Required Key Measure data for one Target Group for your selected Best Practice. A Target Group is the largest number of patients/participants that your grant program can realistically serve. The following should be considered in selecting your Target Group:
- The size and characteristics (e.g., ages, health status, settings) of the community or patient population that you are going to draw your Target Group from
- Intensity of the activities/services you plan to do
- SDPI funding and other resources available to provide activities/services
For information and examples on selecting a Target Group, see the SDPI Diabetes Best Practice and Target Group recorded webinar.
Resources and Tools
Below are selected resources and tools specific to this Best Practice. Other helpful resources may be found in the Diabetes-related Education, Nutrition Education, and Physical Activity Education Best Practices. Additional resources that may be useful for all Best Practices can be found in the SDPI Best Practice Resources.
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
- Diabetes Standards of Care and Resources for Clinicians and Educators: Diabetes Prevention
- Diabetes Treatment Algorithm: Diabetes Screening and Prevention
- Education Materials and Resources (Online Catalog)
- SDPI Diabetes Prevention Program Toolkit
- Tipping the Motivational Balance for Change
- Recorded CME/CE Webinars:
Indian Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Diabetes Association
- American Diabetes Association. 3. Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Comorbidities: Standards of Care in Diabetes 2023. Diabetes Care 2023;46(Suppl.1):S41-S48. doi:10.2337/dc23-S003
- DPP Express – Data collection and reporting platform.
The Indian Health Service does not endorse any of the products provided in the Diabetes Best Practice Resources and Tools nor can we transfer the license to any third party.
National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
