Diabetes Support provides ongoing support to people with diabetes to maintain and reinforce upon the skills knowledge, and lifestyle changes gained from Recognized Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) services. Diabetes Support is a great way for patients to connect with resources in their community.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) strives to create more efficient and effective ways to provide research-tested and practice-tested Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS) that support individuals living with diabetes.
Specifically, we aim to ensure that people with diabetes:
- Have increased access to diabetes support;
- Are provided culturally-tailored and linguistically appropriate practice-tested and/or research-tested community DSMS;
- Experience improved diabetes-related outcomes (e.g., improved diet, physical activity, quality of life, glycemic control) that are sustained over time.
To accomplish these goals, we will:
- Review, vet and identify high-quality diabetes support curriculums and resources that meet the ADA criteria for support programming, align with the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes and demonstrate significant positive outcomes.
- Provide a publicly accessible directory of diabetes support curriculums and resources.
The ADA acknowledges that high-quality diabetes support exists in communities across the country and understands that diabetes support developers may lack the resources and infrastructure to broaden their reach and ensure sustainability over the long-term.
For the purposes of the Diabetes Support Initiative, research-tested support are those for which findings have been published in a peer-reviewed journal. The study must have produced one or more positive behavioral and/or psychosocial outcomes among individuals, communities, or populations. Evidence of these outcomes has been demonstrated in at least one study using an experimental or quasi-experimental design. Experimental designs require random assignment, a control or comparison group, and pre/post-intervention assessments. Quasi-experimental designs do not require random assignment, but do require a comparison or control group and pre- and post- intervention assessments. Studies that are based on single-group, pre/post-test designs do not meet this requirement.
Applicants: Research-tested Support
Status: Closed
Deadline: March 15, 2019
Timeline:
- Application Due Date: March 15, 2019
- Review Cycle: March 15, 2019- May 15, 2019
- Accepted Research-tested Support Notified: May 15, 2019
- Final Research-tested Support Materials Due: May 31st, 2019
- Establishment of Publicly Accessible Directory: June 30, 2019
- Promotional of Accepted Research-tested Support through ADA Channels: Summer 2019
Application Materials:
- Diabetes Support Initiative Description and Application Instructions
- Eligibility Criteria (All research-tested support must meet ALL criteria outlined)
- Diabetes Support Details Form (Form required to be submitted with all online applications. This is a fillable PDF form, please download the file in order to access fillable fields)
For the purposes of the Diabetes Support Initiative, practice-tested support are those for which findings on impact are available and are derived from practice in the form of evaluation data or reports. Practice-tested support that have been evaluated with a single-group, pre/post-test design do not meet the definition for research-tested but can be eligible as practice-tested.
Applicants: Practice-tested Support
Status: Closed
Deadline: July 29, 2019
Timeline:
- Application Due Date: July 29, 2019
- Review Cycle: August 5, 2019- August 23, 2019
- Accepted Practice-tested Support Notified: September 6, 2019
- Final Practice-tested Support Materials Due: September 20, 2019
- Establishment of Publicly Accessible Directory: September 30, 2019
- Promotional of Accepted Practice-tested Support through ADA Channels: Fall 2019
Application Materials:
- Diabetes Support Initiative Description and Application Instructions
- Eligibility Criteria (All practice-tested support must meet ALL criteria outlined)
- Diabetes Support Details Form (Form required to be submitted with all online applications. This is a fillable PDF form, please download the file in order to access fillable fields)
The Diabetes Support Initiative is supported by the following Founding Sponsors:
Prince Hall Shriners
Lon V. Smith Foundation
A special thank you to our Diabetes Support Initiative Workgroup members:
Lois Maurer, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Betsy Rodriguez-Zayas, MSN, BSN, CDE
Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, PhD, MS, RD
Paula M. Trief, PhD
Hsin-Chieh “Jessica” Yeh, PhD
Janice Zgibor, RPh, PhD, MPH