Government Agencies

CDC: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation. 2008. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/

The CDC division of diabetes translation offers data in order to eliminate the preventable burden of diabetes. It accomplishes this through leadership, research, programs, and policies. They try to translate science into practice. The division also provides support for public health-oriented diabetes prevention and control programs (DPCPs). The division of diabetes translation is also responsible for helping to implement the National Diabetes Education Program. This agency would be useful for a journalist to find government approved data regarding the diabetes epidemic in the United States.

NDEP: National Diabetes Education Program. 2008. National Diabetes Education Program, http://www.ndep.nih.gov/.

This government agency provides visitors with the ability to learn more about diabetes, download resources and tools, and learn how the NDEP promotes diabetes prevention and control. The NDEP offers a lot of resources centered around three major public education campaigns. The NDEP tailors its education materials to groups that have a high risk of developing the disease. They offer materials in many different languages in order to accommodate as many people as possible. This agency would be useful to a journalist that needs information about specific groups of people that are at high risk for developing diabetes.