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National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) Offers Materials for Hispanic and Latino Employees

Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15 and continues through October 15. The recently published findings of the Study of Latinos—Hispanic Community Health Study Data Book: A Report to the Communities, launched by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, found considerable diversity among Hispanic/Latino groups when it comes to the prevalence of diabetes, as well as low rates of diabetes awareness, diabetes control, and health insurance coverage. Some findings include the following:

The prevalence of total diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed) among all Hispanic/Latino groups was roughly 16.9% for both men and women, compared with 10.2% for non-Hispanic whites.
However, prevalence varied between different subgroups—from a high of 18.3% for people of Mexican descent to a low of 10.2% for people of South American descent.
The longer study participants lived in the United States, the more likely they were to develop diabetes, and the more education and income they had, the less likely they were to develop diabetes.

Help your Hispanic/Latino employees with resources from the National Diabetes Education Program.

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Want to enhance your health promotion program? Or find out what other workplaces are doing to support employee health?

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the Workplace Health in America survey, a comprehensive, national survey of health promotion programs and practices implemented by employers across the United States. Learn more about the survey.

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