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As a diabetes epidemic sweeps the state, the Virginia Diabetes Council (VDC), a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, provides a forum for communication, collaboration and action among diabetes stakeholders in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VDC vision, to improve the lives of Virginians affected by diabetes, is a formidable effort since the 2005 estimated prevalence of all types of diabetes and prediabetes in Virginia was nearly 2 million people. Diabetes remains the sixth leading cause of death in Virginia claiming 3,381 lives in 2004 either as a primary or contributing cause.
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*School Resources, Forms and Protocols * NEW
Click on VDC Resources link under "Learn More" to download forms. As of June 2009, the Virginia Diabetes Council's Education and Empowerment Workgroup, in collaboration with over 200 partners, has created new school resources to promote quality diabetes care of children in Virginia's school system.
The Virginia Diabetes Council endorses the use of Virginia's Diabetes Medical Management Plan and Protocols document and will continue to work toward improving the care of children with diabetes in Virginia.
Virginia's Department of Education Office of Student Services supports the use of these resources in all school systems in Virginia.
- Special thanks to Pam Suter and the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA , Dr. William Scouten and Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Erin Booth and Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, and the school nurse coordinators from Chesapeake (Barbara Robinson), Hampton (Linda Lawrence), Newport News (Daria Weber), Portsmouth (Frances Gray), Suffolk (Janice White), and Virginia Beach ( Eileen Horan), who initiated and piloted this project and made it possible to develop standardized diabetes school forms for Virginia Schools.
- Learn more about joining the Virginia Diabetes Council.
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