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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of people with diabetes who get formal diabetes education — D‑06

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
47.8 percent (2023) *

Target:
55.2 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
51.7 percent of adults aged 18 years and over with diagnosed diabetes ever had received formal diabetes self-management education and support (DSME) in 2017 *

*  Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Increase the proportion of persons with diagnosed diabetes who ever receive formal diabetes education

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Data Source:  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC/NCCDPHP

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Summary

Formal diabetes education helps people gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to manage their condition. This is key to improving health outcomes in people with diabetes.

Topics:  Diabetes, Health Care, Health Communication

Workgroup: Diabetes Workgroup

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