California Diabetes Program  

The California Diabetes Program was established in 1981 within the California Department of Public Health (formerly the California Department of Health Services) and is primarily funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The Institute on Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco provides fiscal administration for the program. We work in partnership with organizations in California and nationwide to:

As a coordinating leader for diabetes prevention and control in California, the California Diabetes Program is guided by national initiatives and statewide goals, as well as community input. Our work ranges from supporting system-wide improvements in health care delivery systems, to developing peer-to-peer education programs led by community volunteers. We promote proven methodologies including the Chronic Care Model and the team approach to care.

The California Diabetes Program supports primary prevention efforts that engage industry, building and community planners, schools, workplaces, and places of worship to improve access to healthy foods and daily physical activity. In particular, we work to increase primary prevention efforts in health care delivery systems such as medical groups and health plans that can implement broad sweeping initiatives for millions of Californians in the clinical setting.