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Program Models


Advancing Diabetes Self Management
in Primary Care

The Advancing Diabetes Self Management program supported projects to improve self management supports through organizational and programmatic changes in primary care settings.

Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care

Linkages to effective community resources and community-based programs are recognized as important components of diabetes self management. The Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care program funded innovative community-clinic partnerships aimed at supporting and improving diabetes self management among high-risk populations.


The Diabetes Initiative was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2002 to 2009.
Archived in 2009, this site is a repository for information and resources gathered over the course of the Initiative.