Support Your Program

The Diabetes Initiative developed a number of tools to build support for diabetes self management programs. Some are designed to facilitate quality improvement; others to build a business case for diabetes self management; and others to help promote and sustain programs.

• Business Case Handbook
  A handbook containing rationale, methods and tools for building a business case for diabetes self management

• Primary Care Assessment Tool (the "PCRS)
  A self assessment tool for quality improvement of self management supports in diabetes care

• Clinic-Community Partnership Tools
  A framework and corresponding self-assessment checklists to facilitate effective clinic-community partnerships for diabetes care and self management

• Sustainability Report
  A report of sustainability strategies for diabetes self management based on the experiences of grantees of the Diabetes Initiative

• Healthy Coping in Diabetes
  A guide that promotes healthy coping as an important component of diabetes management and offers guidance on program development or expansion in this area.             

• Marketing and Promotion
  Materials shared by media experts at a meeting of Diabetes Initiative grantees