Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
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Diabetes in Ohio
In 2010, an estimated 889,381 persons aged 18 years and older in Ohio (10.1 percent of this age group) have been diagnosed with diabetes. It is estimated 266,814 persons aged 18 years and older in Ohio are believed to have diabetes and not know it. The total for both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes is estimated at over 1.1 million Ohioans. (Source: 2010 Ohio Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)
Program Overview
 The Ohio Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (ODPCP) strives to improve Ohioans' access to quality diabetes care and services for the purpose of reducing the burden of diabetes and its complications. Our goal is to make Ohio the place where people with diabetes live better lives. We work to establish a widely accepted statewide plan for the control of diabetes, while placing a priority on reaching high-risk, under-served, and disproportionately affected populations. The ODPCP is working towards decreasing diabetes prevalence and diabetes-related complications such as; amputations, renal disease, cardiovascular disease, and blindness. We intend to achieve such a statewide plan through establishing a network of diabetes care, prevention, and awareness of the burden of diabetes in Ohio. The ODPCP began in 1977 and is located at the Ohio Department of Health, Division of Prevention, Bureau of Healthy Ohio.
We Promote
- Enhanced awareness of diabetes and the complications of diabetes to all Ohioans
- Increased control of diabetes for those who have been diagnosed
- Access to quality care for those disproportionately affected populations with diabetes
- Improved care of services for under served populations with diabetes in Ohio
- Quality diabetes education: promotion of wellness, physical activity, weight, blood pressure control, and smoking cessation
- Diabetes Self-management Education
- Partnerships
- Community involvement and capacity building
Prevent Diabetes
Research studies have found that moderate weight loss and exercise can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes among adults at high-risk of diabetes. Click here to learn about the risk factors for type 2 diabetes, what it means to have pre-diabetes, and what you can do to prevent or delay diabetes.
Mailing Address:
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
246 N. High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: (614) 466-2144
Fax: (614) 644-7740
Email: HealthyO@odh.ohio.gov
Program Director
Thomas Eddie Joyce
Registered Dietitian
Gwen Stacy
Epidemiology Investigator
Tyler Payne
Public Health Nurse Specialist
Marjorie Reed
Last Reviewed 3/20/13
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