State provides diabetes grants

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 04, 2005
CONTACT: Colleen Winter (605) 773-3737

State provides more than $50,000 in diabetes grants

PIERRE, S.D. – Ten hospitals and clinics in South Dakota will share $55,746 in grants to enhance community and professional diabetes education efforts, the Department of Health announced today.

The grants come through the department’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The grant program is in its third year and has provided $142,748 to facilities.

Grant recipients include: $5,000

SD Urban Indian Health, with clinics in Pierre, Aberdeen and Sioux Falls, will receive $5,000 to implement a foot care program for patients with diabetes. The program will include development of comprehensive screening care protocol and training of all staff.
Pine Ridge IHS Hospital, Pine Ridge will receive $10,000 for its Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) project to develop a diabetes self-management education program for the reservation communities of Pine Ridge, Kyle, Wanblee, Porcupine, Manderson and Allen. Funds will also be used to support nutrition classes, a walking club, access to fitness clubs, and community workshops where elders will teach about traditional foods and culture.
Platte Health Center in Platte will receive $2,025 to support staff training about providing comprehensive diabetes education and maintaining a diabetes self-management education program.
Community Memorial Hospital, Redifield, will receive $7,259 to coordinate diabetes-related areas of the community's spring health fair, purchase pedometers for people with diabetes, purchase equipment for diabetes-related presentations to community service clubs, grops and schools, and provide professional continuing education.
Gregory Healthcare Center, Gregory, will receive $5,350 to conduct two regional professional education sessions, one an update for professional staff in the hospital, clinic and home health agency and one focusing on limb wound prevention and care. The center will also purchase pedometers and educational materials for clients with diabetes.
St. Mary's Foundation, Pierre, will receive $11,783 for a regional limb recovery program involving the Ft. Thompson, Lower Brule and Rosebud reservation diabetes teams. The funding will also support professional education for diabetes self-management educators.
Mobridge Regional Hospital, Mobridge, will receive $3,171 to support educational health fairs and an educational tour of the local grocery store in collaboration with IHS staff from the Standing Rock reservation. The funding will also support professional education for diabetes self-management educators.
Custer Community Hospital, Custer, will receive $1,967 to purchase educational material for professionals, the community library and clients referred into the diabetes self-management education program.
Black Hills Medical Clinic and Northern Hills General Hospital, Deadwood, will receive $2,371 to increase awareness of the care involved with preventing complications from diabetes. The funds will also purchase educational material for professionals, the community library and clients referred into the diabetes self-management education program.
St. Michael's Hospital, Tyndall, will receive $6,820 to coordinate a series of eight health forums on topics such as diabetes and heart disease, the benefits of physical activity, the development of eye disease, etc. The funding will also support a community wellness challenge encouraging physical activity and healthy cooking demonstration and other diabetes-specific segments at the community's health fair.

The state’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program works to enhance current projects or develop new programs in the areas of type 2 diabetes prevention, community-based education relating to diabetes, health system development, identification and education of high risk people, quality improvement and staff development. Specific goals include:

increasing the number of persons with diabetes who receive recommended foot exams, eye exams, flu and pneumococcal immunizations, and A1C tests;
establishing linkages for promoting wellness and physical activity for persons with diabetes; and
demonstrating progress in eliminating health disparities for high risk populations with respect to diabetes control.

For more information about diabetes contact the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program at 1-800-738-2301 or visit the web at http://diabetes.sd.gov/.

State provides diabetes grants

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