Prediabetes Health Care Provider Tool Kit

What can you do to identify and treat patients with prediabetes?
Take a look at these tools and select the ones best suited for your practice. (Coming soon – download the entire tool kit on your desktop computer for easy access while counseling patients)

Background:

  • For background on diabetes prevention and what you can do in a clinical setting, view the Screen, Counsel, Refer and Follow-up for Diabetes and Prediabetes  power point presented by J. Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, MD, PhD, FACE and Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE
    View power point presentation now 10.08MB PowerPoint
    You can also read the script of the presentation 17.55Mb PDF
  • Learn more about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program
  • Make the case for diabetes prevention with data and information specific to Minnesota. Links take you to web pages full of information.  Downloadable pdfs are available at the bottom of each page.
    • Diabetes in Minnesota
    • Prediabetes in Minnesota

Identifying people with Prediabetes:

Adults

  • Minnesota Prediabetes Screening and Treatment Algorithm (revised 2013). 79Kb PDF
    Identify those at risk, interpret diagnostic criteria and initiate lifestyle interventions for adults with prediabetes
  • Refer to the American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Care 2013
  • Use this Risk Test for patients in your wait or exam room to help them self-assess their own risk
    7A CDC Risk Test 478Kb PDF
    Or install this CDC widget on your clinic web page

Gestational Diabetes
Women with a history of gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheets for a handout for patients.

  • What is Gestational Diabetes?
    English version
  • ¿Qué es la diabetes gestacional?
    Spanish version 

Youth (10 -17 years)
Although youth are not eligible for the National Diabetes Prevention Program, check out the MN Algorithm for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Identification and Intervention for Youth

Referring People to National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP)

Use these materials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to explain the NDPP. Add your clinic name to personalize them for your patients.

  • Provider brochure to inform other providers in your health system about the NDPP.
    Provider brochure 2.41MB MSWord 2010
  • Participant brochure to help patients learn about prediabetes, diabetes prevention and the NDPP
    Patient brochure 2.22MB MSWord 2010
  • Simple provider referral form to enroll participants in a NDPP group
    Referral form 107Kb PDF
  • Poster for your clinic or exam rooms to encourage patients to learn about diabetes prevention
    NDPP Poster 1.95Mb PDF

Where to Find National Diabetes Prevention Programs (NDPP)?

Check out Minnesota NDPP sites to find the nearest NDPP

Individuals and Communities Acting Now to Prevent Diabetes©