IPHI INITIATIVES

CARES Initiatives

The Cook County Collaboration to Advance Reach, Equity and Systems (CARES) to Prevent and Manage Diabetes is a multi-sector effort to expand access to evidence-based diabetes prevention and management programs in Cook County. We focus on communities that have a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and lack sufficient preventive services.

Learn more about IPHI’s CARES initiatives across Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois.

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Program Strategies

Diabetes Self-Management

Improve access, appropriateness, and feasibility of diabetes self-management education and support services.

Family-Centered Lifestyle Programs

Implement, spread, and sustain evidence-based, family-centered childhood obesity interventions.

Diabetes Prevention

Increase enrollment and retention of priority populations in the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change intervention and the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program.

Diabetes Workforce Capacity

Improve capacity of the diabetes workforce to address social determinants of health-related barriers.