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- Kentuckyone Health Teaches Diabetics To Manage The Disease
KentuckyOne Health has launched a new program to help Kentuckians with diabetes learn how to self-manage their disease, according to a news release. "Giving patients the tools and knowledge they need to manage their own health, including their diabetes,...
- Kentucky Meets The Diabetes Challenge With A Comprehensive Plan That 15 Other States Have Modeled, Advocates Say
Kentucky has not simply accepted the dire diabetes statistics that affect so many of its citizens, but instead is meeting this challenge head on with The Kentucky Diabetic Action Plan, Stewart Perry and Bob Babbage write in an op-ed piece for...
- Bills To Allow School Personnel To Administer Insulin Are Result Of Lack Of Funding To Pay For Nurses In Schools
Reflecting a shortage of school nurses and Kentucky's higher-than-average prevalence of diabetes, a bill in the new legislative session would allow school personnel to administer insulin and otherwise treat diabetes symptoms if they undergo specified...
- First Diabetes Educator License Is Issued In Kentucky
Kim DeCoste (photo via AADE)Kentucky is the first state to issue a diabetes educator license, according to a press release from the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators. Kim DeCoste of Richmond, a registered nurse and chair of the Kentucky Diabetes...
- Know Your Risk Factors For Diabetes
Would you like to delay or prevent diabetes if you could? Would you like to prevent possible severe diabetes-related complications, including loss of sight or limbs? Millions of Americans are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the American...
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New law on diabetes educators is only one of its kind in U.S.
The new Kentucky law requiring that diabetes educators be licensed is the only one of its kind in the country. The American Association of Diabetes Educators says the law will "enhance consumer protection and increase professional recognition," The Courier-Journal's Laura Ungar reports. The group would like to see similar license requirements in every state in the nation.
Senate Bill 71 was sponsored by state Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr, left, R-Lexington. It was signed by Gov. Steve Beshear earlier this week. It is one of two bills that passed this session that addresses diabetes, a growing problem in Kentucky. In 2009, Kentucky had the nation's fourth highest rate of diagnosed diabetes, state officials say. Senate Bill 63 charges several state agencies, including the Department of Public Health, with the responsibility of trying to reduce the incidence ofdiabetes in the state and improve diabetes care.
Diabetes educators, who can be nurses, dieticians, physicians or other health-care professionals, counsel patients about nutrition and physical activity, educate them about their medications and teach them how to monitor their blood glucose. (Read more)
- Kentuckyone Health Teaches Diabetics To Manage The Disease
KentuckyOne Health has launched a new program to help Kentuckians with diabetes learn how to self-manage their disease, according to a news release. "Giving patients the tools and knowledge they need to manage their own health, including their diabetes,...
- Kentucky Meets The Diabetes Challenge With A Comprehensive Plan That 15 Other States Have Modeled, Advocates Say
Kentucky has not simply accepted the dire diabetes statistics that affect so many of its citizens, but instead is meeting this challenge head on with The Kentucky Diabetic Action Plan, Stewart Perry and Bob Babbage write in an op-ed piece for...
- Bills To Allow School Personnel To Administer Insulin Are Result Of Lack Of Funding To Pay For Nurses In Schools
Reflecting a shortage of school nurses and Kentucky's higher-than-average prevalence of diabetes, a bill in the new legislative session would allow school personnel to administer insulin and otherwise treat diabetes symptoms if they undergo specified...
- First Diabetes Educator License Is Issued In Kentucky
Kim DeCoste (photo via AADE)Kentucky is the first state to issue a diabetes educator license, according to a press release from the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators. Kim DeCoste of Richmond, a registered nurse and chair of the Kentucky Diabetes...
- Know Your Risk Factors For Diabetes
Would you like to delay or prevent diabetes if you could? Would you like to prevent possible severe diabetes-related complications, including loss of sight or limbs? Millions of Americans are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the American...