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The North Dakota Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP) partners with public and private agencies and organizations to:
- Reduce diabetes-related disease and death rates
- Prevent type 2 diabetes among North Dakotans at high risk
- Improve quality of life of all North Dakotans living with diabetes
To achieve these goals, the program supports:
- Expanded access to and sustainability of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
- Quality improvement efforts for better diabetes care across North Dakota
- Increased access to quality Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) services
- Epidemiology and surveillance of diabetes, its complications, and risk factors
- Evaluation to improve program performance, account for our public health actions and share lessons learned
- Partnerships and Coordination to share resources, and increase scope and effectiveness of interventions
North Dakota’s DPCP is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant project "Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke (DP18-1815)".