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Project Diabetes

Project Diabetes

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Project Diabetes is a Statewide initiative focusing on innovative education, prevention, and treatment programs for diabetes and obesity. Fundamental goals of Project Diabetes are to:

  • Decrease the prevalence of overweight/obesity across the State and, in turn, prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes and/or the consequences of this devastating disease.
  • Educate the public about current and emerging health issues linked to diabetes and obesity
  • Promote community, public-private partnerships to identify and solve regional health problems related to obesity and diabetes
  • Advise and recommend policies and programs that support individual and community health improvement efforts
  • Evaluate effectiveness of improvement efforts/programs that address overweight, obesity, prediabetes, and diabetes
  • Disseminate best practices for diabetes prevention and health improvement.

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Project Diabetes Program Implementation Grant

The Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement (the Center) will make funds available to support implementation of innovative, evidence-based programs focused on the prevention and/or treatment of diabetes pursuant to TCA Title 4, Chapter 40, Part 4. The purpose of the Center is to develop and promote a statewide effort to combat the proliferation of Type 2 diabetes. As part of this effort, the Center intends to provide program implementation grants to providers of primary and specialty health care services related to the development of programs for prevention and treatment of pre-diabetes and diabetes.