title: Helping patients with diabetes: resources from the National Diabetes Education Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To familiarize pharmacists with the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and to demonstrate the value of NDEP materials in the care of patients with diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The NDEP website (www.ndep.nih.gov) and PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NDEP is a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many organization partners. Since 1997, a large number of materials have been created by NDEP using an evidence-based, expert- and patient-reviewed approach to development. Materials are nonbranded and reflect current medical knowledge and practice. Educational materials are available for persons at risk for diabetes, those with diabetes, family members of persons with diabetes, employers, and professionals. The Pharmacy, Podiatry, Optometry, and Dentistry (PPOD) workgroup of NDEP promotes the value of pharmacists and other professionals in diabetes education and management. Resources are available to educate about the value of the PPOD professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NDEP provides evidence-based, high-quality educational materials that pharmacists will find useful in the counseling of persons with diabetes.
authors.affiliation: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. prodgers@unc.edu
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Rodgers
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003376:Counseling; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014481:United States