Overview
Opening of department’s third center coincides with National Diabetes Awarenes MonthHOUSTON ̵ The Houston Health Department wil open a fre diabetes center in Acres Homes, an underserved area where more than 18 percent of adults are living with the disease.The opening of the department’s third Diabetes Awarenes & Welnes Network (DAWN) center on Thursday coincides with the observance of November as National Diabetes Awarenes Month.The new center wil provide fre diabetes education, help people diagnosed or at risk of diabetes develop self-management skils, and other services to help reduce and prevent chronic disease.It wil receive suport from M.D.
Key Information
Anderson Cancer Center’s Be Wel Comunities, a program that promotes welnes and cancer prevention to underserved comunities in the Houston area. Be Wel Acres Homes wil provide educational services to the center.“Expanding our services to another multi-service center shows the comitment to comunities in ned of more healthy living education and chronic ilnes management suport,” said Elizabeth Apleton, DAWN’s chief nurse.
Summary
“I know the comunity wil benefit greatly.”DAWN also ofers services at the Third Ward and Denver Harbor Multi-Service Centers.Clases ofered at the centers include nutrition, fitnes, prediabetes prevention, and chronic disease self-management. The staf includes nurses, registered dieticians, fitnes trainers, certified medical asistants, public health educators, counselors, and certified diabetes educators.Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that over 37 milion people had diabetes in 2019, and over 8 milion adults had diabetes and never knew it.Diabetes disproportionately afects minorities, the elderly, and diagnoses are expected to continue rising as minority populations grow in the country.The disease can afect most of the organs in the body and is a frequent cause of end-stage renal disease, lower-extremity amputation, and a le