Explore Health Extension for Diabetes Programming Materials
HED's Educational Sessions
Healthy Coping
Teaching participants to have a positive attitude towards self-managing their diabetes and to have social support with other individuals with diabetesNutrition & Physical Activity
Learning how to eat high quality, nutritionally dense foods in amounts that lead to better health and wellness and learning different types of daily physical movementMedication & Monitoring
Ensuring participants follow their day-to-day prescribed treatment and learning to check blood glucose (blood sugar) levels, to engage in physical activity, and to understand their food intake to make decisions about their diabetes care and self-managementRisk Reduction & Problem-Solving
Teaching participants behaviors that reduce the risk or prevent diabetes-related complications and helping participants navigate challenges by using different problem-solving techniques to better self-manage their diabetes
HED's Support Sessions
Individualized Care
Facilitators work with each participant in their cohort to help address their individual needs.Resource Navigation
From food resources to help connecting with medical resources, facilitators can connect their participants to resources available to them in their community.Support
Facilitators are able to offer their participants support and help them navigate through the ups and downs of diabetes management.Accountability
Support sessions allow facilitators to touch-base with their participants and their progress and keep their participants accountable to the goals they have set for themselves.HED Outcome Measures
Nutrition Questionnaire
Physical Activity Questionnaire
Diabetes Knowledge Survey
Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Survey
HED Program Licensing Costs
First 3-Years
$10,000
First time
Program Partners pay a flat rate of $10,000 to license HED
for the first 3-years. Each subsequent year following
costs $5,000/yr to license HED.
Facilitator
training
costs $2,500/yr. Training costs are to prepare up to 10
facilitators to
deliver HED.
Three-hours of virtual yearly technical assistance is required for Program Partners at $250/session. There are no limits on the number of participants a licensee can serve each year.
deliver HED.
Three-hours of virtual yearly technical assistance is required for Program Partners at $250/session. There are no limits on the number of participants a licensee can serve each year.