DPP Lifestyle Coach Network Newsletter

February 2023

Newsletter Highlights

Just in case you missed it, there is a NEW opportunity to be trained as a National DPP Lifestyle Coach for FREE!

Please note: This training is for new team members who have not yet been trained to become a lifestyle coach. This is NOT an Advanced Lifestyle Coach Training (ACT).

Does your organization predominantly serve priority populations? Priority populations include Medicare beneficiaries, men, Black or African American, Asian American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander persons, and people with visual impairments or physical disabilities.

If you do, your organization is eligible to receive VCDPE’s online National DPP Lifestyle Coach Training for free (value: $599). CDC has provided funding to VCDPE for 34 Lifestyle Coach Trainings from December 1, 2022 – July, 2023. Scholarships are available on a first come first serve basis, but your organization can reserve spots in later trainings. Go here to see VCDPE’s Online Training Schedule. Please find the application attached and send the PDF directly to Anne Wolf amw6n@virginia.edu to be considered.

Live Webinar:

Delivering with Data: How Lifestyle Coaches and Coordinators Use Data to Serve Participants and Improve Program Outcomes

Thursday, February 16, 2023

1:00 PM –2:00 PM ET

Data collection for the National DPP extends far beyond submitting a file to the DPRP. Data can be used before, during, and after your program implementation that will shape not only participant success, but also organizational sustainability. Whether you are a lifestyle coach or a program coordinator, there is much that can be done to better meet the needs of individual participants and the community you serve. This webinar will discuss the importance of collecting and using organizational, community and program data to strengthen program implementation, delivery, and participant outcomes.

On Demand Webinar:

Introduction to Health Equity and the National DPP

Length: 90 minutes

Inequities are all around us and experienced differently by diverse groups of people. Understanding the basis for these inequities is key for organizations and lifestyle coaches to implement and deliver an inclusive National DPP. In this introductory health equity webinar, attendees learn the foundation for diabetes inequities, what contributes to these inequities, and potential problems that participants may face on their journey toward a healthy lifestyle. Resources for understanding health equity in communities as well as practices for implementing and delivering an inclusive National DPP program are discussed.

Topic: Using the National DPP CSC Discussion Board

Dear CDC-Recognized Organizations,

This month on the 3rd Tuesday, we invite all organizations to join us for a DPRP Office Hours session from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST. National DPP and DPRP subject matter experts will be on hand to answer any question you may have about the Program. This month's Office Hours will focus on Using the National DPP CSC Discussion Board.

Thank you for your commitment and efforts in the delay and prevention of type 2 diabetes.

Thank you,

The CDC DPRP

Keep us Informed!

Use DiabetesFreeNC’s online program update form regularly to update your program's contact information, upcoming class dates and times, class modality (e.g., in person, combination), Spanish class availability, and other information. The DPP Navigator team will use this information when communicating with referred individuals about DPPs available to enroll participants.