CARES Cook County: Diabetes Prevention and Management
The Cook County Collaboration to Advance Reach, Equity and Systems to Prevent and Manage Diabetes is a multi-sector effort to expand access to evidence-based diabetes prevention and management programs in Cook County communities that have a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and lack sufficient preventive services. CARES: Cook County also focsued on launching and expanding family-centered healthy lifestyle programs. CARES: Cook County is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CARES: Cook County is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and builds on the work to prevent diabetes conducted through the Chicago CARES initiative from 2018-2023.
Diabetes Self-Management
Improve access, appropriateness, and feasibility of diabetes self-management education and support services.
Diabetes Prevention
Increase enrollment adn retention of priority populations in teh National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change intervention and the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program.
Family-Centered Lifestyle Programs
Implement, spread, and sustain evidence-based, family-centered childhood obesity interventions.
Diabetes Workforce Capacity
Improve capacity of the diabetes workforce to address social determinants of health-related barriers.
Chicago CARES DPP 2018-2023 Impact
National Diabetes Prevention Programs Launched
Lifestyle Coaches Trained
Program Participants
Partnerships
CARES Cook County Partners
CDC-Recognized Lifestyle Change Program Provider Partners:
- Erie Family Health Centers
- First Mile Care
- Inner-City Muslim Action Network
- Mile Square Health Center
- Near North Health
- Sinai Urban Health Institute
- The Chicago Lighthouse
- Universidad Popular
Systems Change and Support Partners
- AgeOptions (explore establishing umbrella hub)
- Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (Lifestyle coach training, learning collaborative, subject matter experts)
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- Community Advisory Group
- Cook County Department of Public Health
- Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
- Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Primary Healthcare Association
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
- Northwest Center (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
- Phalanx Family Services (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
- Sage Health Strategy
- Sinai Urban Health Institute
- Swedish Hospital
- Tanoma Consulting (Evaluators)
- UniteUs
Learn More Today!
To learn more about the CARES Cook County: Diabetes Prevention and Management program, contact Janna Simon, Director of the Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives at 312-786-5365.