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Diabetes Prevention & Control Program

The mission of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program is to collaborate with partners to design, implement, and evaluate a broad range of public health strategies to reduce the burden of diabetes and improve the quality of life for all persons affected by diabetes in South Dakota.

• The Burden of Diabetes in South Dakota: Full report | PowerPoint presentation
• South Dakota Diabetes State Plan 2007-2009
• Recommendations for Management of Diabetes in South Dakota

Related Links

• Find a Community Health Center
• South Dakota Urban Indian Health
• All Women Count! Chronic Disease Screening Program
• Tobacco Control Program and QuitLine information
• South Dakota Nutrition & Physical Activity Program - Healthy South Dakota
• South Dakota Oral Health Program
• National Kidney Foundation Serving the Dakotas and Minnesota

American Diabetes Alert Day

An estimated 39,300 adult South Dakotans have diagnosed diabetes and an additional 13,100 South Dakotans have diabetes but do not know it.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 is the 21st annual American Diabetes Alert Day. This day is intended to inform the public about the seriousness of diabetes. We encourage South Dakotans to take the Diabetes Risk Test and find out if they, or their loved ones, are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include:

• Age. The chance of getting type 2 diabetes increases with age.
• Being overweight. If you are overweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25, you're at higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Being physically inactive
• Having a family history of diabetes. If a parent or sibling in your family has diabetes, your risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases.
• Being American Indian, African-American, Asian American, Hispanic, or Pacific Islander
• Having had gestational diabetes or a baby weighing 9 pounds or more. Developing diabetes during pregnancy or delivering a baby over nine pounds increased your risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Having high blood pressure.  High blood pressure increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Having high lipid (blood fats) levels.  HDL ("good") cholesterol levels under 35 mg and/or a triglyceride level over 250 mg increases your risk of type 2 diabetes.

Professional resources for awareness are available from the American Diabetes Association, the National Diabetes Education Program, or the SD Department of Health’s Educational Materials Catalog.

 

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