Poster

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Almost 24 million Americans have diabetes, including 5.7 million who don’t know they have the disease. This session includes work to better understand people at risk for and with diabetes, resources for diabetes prevention and control, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of audience- and community-based interventions to prevent and control diabetes and reduce its complications.

Session Objectives: Session Objectives: 1. Describe knowledge and beliefs about diabetes among people with diabetes and at risk 2. Describe community-based and other resources and their impact on preventing and controlling diabetes