The Delaware Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention and Control Program (DHDPCP) goal is to decrease the state’s emotional, physical, and financial burden from diabetes and heart disease by preventing the diseases and reducing their complications. Our program supports community clinical linkages, health systems interventions, environmental approaches, and epidemiology and surveillance.
The program is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with additional support from the Delaware Health Fund. The program collects and publicizes current, accurate information about diabetes and heart disease, develops approaches for reducing the impact of the diseases, promotes healthy lifestyle habits for prevention and control, and coordinates efforts of public and private health organizations.
About Delaware’s Diabetes and Heart Disease Programs
- What we do: program activities
- Diabetes and Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs
- Emergency Medical Diabetes Fund
- Diabetes Program provides books and materials in Delaware libraries
Publications and Reports
Burden of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Delaware
- The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware 2025
- The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware 2023
- The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware 2021
- The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease & Transient Ischemic Attack, 2011-2015
- Burden of Diabetes in Delaware: 2014 Update
- Burden of Diabetes in Delaware: 2009
- Original Burden of Diabetes in Delaware report from 2002
Strategic Plans
- Plan to Prevent and Control Diabetes in Delaware: 2013-2018
- A Plan To Prevent and Control Diabetes in Delaware: 2002-2010
Data Reports
- Delaware 2018 data on diabetes from the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
- Information and 2015 data about high blood pressure in Delaware
- Information and 2015 data about high blood cholesterol in Delaware
Resources for Health Professionals
- Information for school nurses about diabetes-related emergencies
- Materials from national public health campaigns for people with diabetes
- Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on preventing Type 2 Diabetes
- Tool kit for health care teams about Screen, Test, and Act Today (STAT), referring patients to diabetes prevention programs
- Resource Guide for Persons with Diabetes, from the Delaware Diabetes Coalition
- Learn how the Stanford University Diabetes Self-Management Program can help patients learn techniques for controlling diabetes
- Resources from CDC for high blood pressure
- Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes: 2017
Learn More About These Chronic Diseases
- Delaware Diabetes Coalition
- American Diabetes Association
- Information about YMCA Program to reduce risks of diabetes for people with pre-diabetes
- National Diabetes Education Program
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – diabetes information
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
- Delaware Coalition for Healthy Eating and Active Living (DE HEAL)
- Delaware Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
- American Heart Association
- Million Hearts Campaign
- CDC – information about heart disease
Type I Diabetes Resources
- What Is Type 1 Diabetes? (for Kids) | Nemours KidsHealth
- Here’s what to know about type 1 diabetes screenings for your family – Mayo Clinic Press
- Type 1 Diabetes: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment – HealthyChildren.org
- Type 1 Diabetes Awareness Toolkit: EDUCATING FAMILIES ABOUT EARLY DETECTION SCREENING FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES
- YouTube video: https://youtu.be/OBvIYCWOG5Q?si=9rSvTHvg7Q4SdoNM
- Nemours video: What Is Type 1 Diabetes? (for Kids) | Nemours KidsHealth
