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More than
16 million Americans have diabetes and many of them are employed in
our workforce. Employees with diabetes can be found at all levels of
a company — from the field, to the mailroom, to the boardroom.
This online
diabetes and health resource kit, hosted by the Washington
Business Group on Health at www.diabetesatwork.org
will help businesses and managed care companies to assess the impact
of diabetes in the workplace. It also provides easy-to-understand
information for employers to help their employees manage their
diabetes and take steps toward reducing the risk for
diabetes-related complications such as heart disease.
Employees
with diabetes or those who have friends and family members with
diabetes can also use this resource as it provides more than 20 fact
sheets on diabetes-related health issues.
Diabetesatwork.org
will be especially helpful for:
- Large
employers
- Small
business owners
- Human
resource and wellness professionals
- Occupational
health professionals
- EAP
representatives
- Diabetes
educators
-
 Managed
care wellness and benefit professionals
A
complete set of lesson
plans with handouts are available for you to use:
These
lesson plans address a wide range of diabetes-related topics such as
nutrition and physical activity, general medical care, emotional
well-being, and cardiovascular health. They can be used for a
variety of health education activities, such as a lecture series on
health issues, a diabetes support group, and "lunch and
learn" sessions. Ideally, lesson plans should be led by health
care professionals or wellness coordinators, although knowledgeable
human resource managers and supervisors may be able to present some
of them.
Each lesson plan includes
instructions for the lesson plan format, a script to guide the
lesson, overhead masters, participant handouts and suggested props
and group activities (when appropriate). Suggestions for how to
shorten a lesson to a 15-20-minute time period are also provided.
Some of the lessons can be adapted for general health and wellness
programs.
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