Diabetes Prevention Program: Does your organization have one?

Around 84 million American adults have prediabetes, but 9 out of 10 people don’t realize it and many go on to develop type 2 diabetes. This places a significant burden on employer health care costs.

Nearly 13% of adult Hoosiers have diabetes and another 36% have prediabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes and prediabetes cost an estimated $6.6 billion in Indiana annually.

The National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) emphasizes lifestyle change and is an employer solution that helps reduce the financial burden of diabetes on employers.

An assessment from the Indiana Department of Health, in partnership with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, will help us better understand awareness, interest and employer coverage of DPP. Whether or not you offer DPP, we invite you to complete this short assessment. It will take approximately 10 minutes.

This survey was supported by grant number NU58DP006525 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

National Diabetes Prevention Program

The National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is a partnership of public and private organizations working to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Partners make it easier for people at risk for type 2 diabetes to participate in evidence-based lifestyle change programs to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.