Diabetes Education Program at EPCH
El Paso Children’s Hospital offers a Diabetes Education Program that empowers children and their families to manage their diabetes. Through this program diabetes educators teach, coach and guide patients and families so they understand their diabetes and how it affects their personal lives. Diabetes Educators work with patients and families to set (and meet) behavior change goals to improve their health.
At least 1.25M Americans are living with T1D including about 200,000 youth (less than 20 years old) and 1 in 400 children are diagnosed with T1D or T2D each year.
Research has shown that people who receive diabetes education are more likely to:
•Use primary care and preventive services
•Take medications as prescribed
•Control their blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels
•Have lower health costs
•Have less frequent hospital readmission
For more information on our Diabetes Education please email marketing@elpasochildrens.org.
We wanted to send a special thank you to our amazing diabetes educators! This past month they participated in the Sweet Baby James 5k Run/Walk to benefit JDRF on November 5th at Valley Creek Park Rio Grande River Trail, spoke at the 14th Annual FACES of Diabetes Conference held on November 10th and hosted a Diabetes education event for families this past Sunday at the Armijo Center where they enjoyed swimming and educational opportunities.
