MEDICAL: DISEASES: DIABETES : REFERNECE: TOOLS: GUIDES : EDUCATION: K-12: Updated NDEP Guide Helps Keep Children With Diabetes Safe At School
David P. Dillard
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MEDICAL: DISEASES: DIABETES :
REFERNECE: TOOLS: GUIDES :
EDUCATION: K-12:
Updated NDEP Guide Helps Keep Children With Diabetes Safe At School
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:49:51 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <ol...@od.nih.gov>
To: NIHP...@list.nih.gov
Subject: Updated NDEP Guide
Helps Keep Children With Diabetes Safe At School
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)
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For Immediate Release: Monday, February 14, 2011
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CONTACT:
Joanne Gallivan
Rita Zeidner
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UPDATED NDEP GUIDE HELPS KEEP CHILDREN WITH DIABETES SAFE AT SCHOOL
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Roles defined for school staffers, parents and students
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School-age children with diabetes face unique challenges and sometimes
dangerous situations tied to their oftentimes unpredictable glucose
levels. To help teachers, principals and others ensure the safety of
youngsters with diabetes during the school day, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program has updated
its manual, Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School
Personnel (www.YourDiabetesInfo.org/schoolguide).
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Parents will find the guide useful because it explains specific health
information a school needs to help a child manage diabetes and prepare for
a diabetes-related emergency.
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"The need to manage diabetes doesn't go away at school," said Griffin P.
Rodgers, M.D., director of the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of
Health. "The guide, quite literally, can be a lifesaver."
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"Everyone, from bus drivers to teachers to administrators, has a role in
helping students with diabetes succeed," said NDEP's Executive Committee
Chair, Martha Funnell, R.N., of the University of Michigan. "This guide
does a great job of explaining the critical role that school staff members
at every level can play."
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Diabetes management remains an evolving science. The guide's latest
edition, the first update since 2003, describes the most current
recommendations of leading health care experts for developing a diabetes
management plan to handle diabetes-related emergencies.
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Training is recommended for all school staff members who have
responsibility for students with diabetes. The training should provide a
basic understanding of the disease, the needs of a child with diabetes and
the symptoms signaling a diabetic emergency. Also, a few staff members at
every school should be trained in student-specific routine and emergency
diabetes care tasks so that at least one staff member is always available
for younger, less experienced students and for any student with diabetes
in case of an emergency, the guide says.
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The guide urges parents to notify school officials that a child has
diabetes and to work with the child's personal diabetes health care team
to develop a diabetes medical management plan. It also recommends that
parents permit sharing of relevant medical information by the school and
the child's health care team.
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"This manual lays the groundwork for the kind of training and preparation
necessary to ensure a safe learning environment for everyone," said
pediatric endocrinologist Francine Kaufman, M.D., head of the NDEP working
group that developed the guidance. Until she joined Medtronic, Inc. in
2008, Kaufman headed the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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Diabetes is a group of diseases in which the body does not produce or
respond properly to insulin, a hormone the body needs to convert sugars,
starches and other food into energy. Although most prevalent in older
adults, it is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and
adolescents.
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About 19,000 young people are diagnosed with diabetes annually. The vast
majority have type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease resulting from
defects in the pancreas. A smaller number of children are diagnosed with
type 2 diabetes, the type of diabetes that typically shows up in
adulthood. However, as obesity rates have increased among youth, the
prevalence of type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents also is
rising, especially for children in ethnic and racial minorities.
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Children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of serious
complications, including heart disease and stroke, blindness, kidney
disease and amputations.
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NDEP is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. NDEP involves more than 200 public and private
sector partners who work at the national, state, and local level. The NDEP
Guide, along with many other materials, is available on the NDEP website
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http://www.YourDiabetesInfo.org
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or by calling toll-free
1-888-693-NDEP
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The NIDDK, a component of the (NIH), conducts and supports research on
diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases,
nutrition and obesity; and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases.
Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages
and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common,
severe and disabling conditions affecting Americans. For more information
about the NIDDK and its programs, see
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Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
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CDC funds diabetes prevention and control programs in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and eight U.S. territories and island jurisdictions. CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) translates diabetes research into daily practice to understand the impact of the disease, influence health outcomes and improve access to quality health care. For more information about the CDC and its diabetes prevention programs, visit <http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/>.
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2011/niddk-14.htm
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