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	Theme 2 - Primary Prevention of Diabetes   Primary prevention means preventing diabetes from developing in people who do not yet have it. Primary prevention can include initiatives which, for example, improve: physical activity healthy eating weight loss awareness of diabetes			Theme 3 - Secondary Prevention of Diabetes   Secondary prevention means preventing the complications of diabetes from developing in people who already have diabetes. This involves services provided by healthcare professionals with expertise in diabetes management such as: nutrition counseling medications screening and monitoring for complications footcare
	Many Aboriginal communities and organizations in northern Ontario have partnered with NDHN-member programs to plan and implement activities for primary and secondary diabetes prevention at the community level. Click on the links below for an overview of completed activities:   Primary and secondary initiatives - February 1 to March 31, 2007 Primary and secondary initiatives - April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 Primary and secondary initiatives - April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 Primary and secondary initiatives - April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010   If your community/organization would like to request funding for a primary or secondary diabetes prevention initiative, you will need to complete a workplan form (# NDHN/NOADI/F004) according to the "Workplan Submission Guidelines" and submit it to the NDHN.
	Diabetes Resource Catalogue
	To address the need for culturally-relevant diabetes teaching tools and/or information, a catalogue of identified resources was developed by the NDHN. For more information about the Diabetes Resource Catalogue click here.
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