1. Metformin or SGLT-2 Inhibitor
2. Basal insulin or sulfonylurea
3. Liraglutide (Victoza) or Metformin
4. Basal-bolus insulin

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Watch for FREE or purchase to earn CEs!

From Tots to Teens Standards 2020
Join Live Stream July 15th at 11:30 am (PST)
1.5 CEs | $29.00 or No CEs | Free

Perfect for those planning to take the CDCES or BC-ADM or for those seeking an update.

Coach Beverly is extending a special invitation to join this webinar on the latest standards for toddlers to teens living with diabetes.

This course includes updated goals and guidelines for children living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

This webinar will address:

• special issues to be aware of when working with children with diabetes and their families. 
• clinical presentation of diabetes
• goals of care, management strategies

Register for FREE recorded webinar (no CEs).

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The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.

Click here to view our Top 3 Blogs Newsletter

Happy Wednesday Diabetes Community!

We are excited to announce our new feature; Top 3 blog posts of the Month.

Coach Beverly and team are committed to keeping you apprised of the latest findings in diabetes.

We promise to keep this end-of-the-month wrap-up announcement short and sweet while providing links to references so you can dig deeper.

As part of our commitment to sharing information, we are offering FREE webinar viewing of our Level 2 Standards Intensive Series. See upcoming topics and dates below.

Our top 3 blogs this month include the recall of some long-acting metformin brands, Medicare’s $35 monthly cap on insulin starting in 2021, and the rationale for this month’s most popular question of the week.

Happy early July 4^th weekend. Please stay safe and take good care.

Coach Beverly

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Check out our new bundle!

Level 3 | Boot Camp + Expert Team Bundle
Join us live starting September 16th!

When you join our DiabetesEd Certification Boot Camp, it’s like having your own online coaching staff.

?In each webinar, either Coach Beverly, Dr. Isaacs, or Ms. Armstrong, highlight the critical content of each topic area, so you can focus your study time most efficiently. They also launch multiple poll questions to help participants focus on key concepts and assess their knowledge while learning the best test-taking strategies. 

Mastery of this content is critical to ensure certification exam success and to improve clinical outcomes.

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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since these programs are approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDCES regardless of your profession.*  

The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.

If we consider why certain groups are at increased risk for diabetes, heart attack, stroke, cancers and other health issues, we can look back in time to their childhood for answers.

Children who experience more Adverse Childhood Experiences, also referred to as ACEs, are more likely to suffer with chronic health issues as adults.

Research has show that adverse childhood experiences (ACE) do not affect all children equally.

In the United States, those from marginalized identities are much more likely to have experienced early childhood trauma, which can have lasting effects on one’s health.

The more adverse experiences that happen before the age of 18, the more likely adults are likely to express a wide array of chronic health problems including: diabetes, overweight, cancers, hypertension, stroke, heart attack, mental health issues, substance use, and more.

ACEs are a societal issue.

Due to the complex intersections identity, socioeconomic status, and healthcare access, marginalized individuals are much more impacted by ACE.

This puts certain individuals at higher risk of future chronic conditions in adulthood, like diabetes. These inequities are a by-product of social determinants of health and the impact on individuals and communities. As diabetes advocates, we are compelled to reflect on these intersections to improve health outcomes.

The World Health Organization describes the social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources.”

We need to explore and address the social determinants of health to fight for health equity for all people.

This unfair distribution of access and services results in the unfair but avoidable differences in health status seen between different neighborhoods, zip codes, and even states.

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Health Equity Defined

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Strategies to Improve Health by Strengthening Communities

Achieving equity will take time and is complicated by a long history of institutionalized racism, sexism, and other prejudices. We need to make legislative adjustments that compel corporations, educational systems, health care agencies, and local governments to assure equitable access to services to those who have been historically excluded.

Start with our children. If societies are structured to help children feel safe and protected, they will enter adulthood healthier and more prepared to perpetuate health for future generations. I highly recommend all those involved in diabetes education listen to this groundbreaking video which explores the science between childhood trauma and health: Nadine Burke Harris, MD TED Talk on How Childhood Trauma affects health.

ACE-Aware Training Program: The other obvious place to direct our energy is with our adult clients who are living with prediabetes or diabetes. We know that many of them may be having difficulty making behavior changes and engaging with their health care due to adversity experienced in childhood. Let’s set up or health care facilities to provide Trauma-Informed Care. If you would like to learn more about this topic, I encourage you to get started in this free training worth 2.0 CEs. Becoming ACE-Aware Training Program. I completed this program a few months ago and found it compelling and instructive.

A Practitioner’s Guide to Advancing Health Equity CDC PDF

• The Practitioner’s Guide to Advancing Health Equity can help public health practitioners reduce disparities in chronic diseases. It provides a collection of health equity considerations for policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies focused on tobacco-free living, healthy food and beverages, and active living.

Thank you for reading this post and we invite you to send us comments or additional resources to [email protected]. We read each email and appreciate your contributions.

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Equity and Trauma-Informed Care Resources

COVID-19 & Diabetes: Examining the impact of health disparities in a time of crisis(link is external) – This live event, posted on the ADA website, was recorded Thursday, April 23. It provides an excellent exploration of health equality vs. health equity with honest and insightful discussions by a panel of experts. As the nation grapples with the COVID 19 health crisis, communities already experiencing social, economic, and health disparities face even more severe challenges combatting this disease. Join us for an information-packed webinar exploring the nexus of COVID-19, diabetes, and health equity.

Daniel E. Dawes, JD, Author, The Political Determinants of Health, and Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. 

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Resources

Nadine Burke Harris, MD TED Talk on How Childhood Trauma affects health

Becoming ACE-Aware Training Program

ACE Screening Tool and Resilience Inventory

Posted on www.AcesAware.org A Health Problem and An Opportunity: Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences

Dr. Dayna Long, Director for the Center for Child and Community Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, discusses the pervasiveness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and why screening for ACEs is critical to providing trauma-informed care.

NPR Article – Take the ACE Score and Learn what it does and doesn’t mean

Trauma-Informed Care Fact Sheet

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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since these programs are approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDCES regardless of your profession.*  

The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar series. Coach Beverly is offering FREE access to our Level 2 | Standards of Care Intensive Series Live Stream Webinars.

This intensive series is designed to engage students in deciphering and exploring the ADA Standards of Care from top to bottom.

Our first course of the Level 2 Series, Microvascular Complications – Preventing Eye Kidney and Nerve Disease, is recorded and ready for viewing. You can watch for FREE or purchase to earn CEs. See information below.

Live Stream Webinar Dates

Join Options to view Live Stream Level 2 Webinars

• Watch for Free (no CEs): Coach Beverly wants to increase access and opportunities for the DiabetesEd Community to benefit from the valuable information offered in these courses. This option is available for those who want to join the course(s), but don’t need CEs. Click here.
• Earn CEs | Purchase Courses – This option includes the video presentation, podcast, practice test, and additional resources. To register for some or all of our Level 2 Courses, click here.

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Microvascular Complications Intensive 2020 | Ready for Viewing

DiabetesEd Services Online University Courses are an excellent way to study for your exam anytime and anywhere that is convenient. You have immediate access to your courses for 1 year after your purchase date.

This 90-minute course provides you with the need-to-know information regarding the microvascular complications of diabetes. We start with a brief overview of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations then sum up with prevention strategies and screening guidelines.

Topics include:

• Eye, kidney and nerve disease
• Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for diabetes complications
• Screening guidelines and prevention strategies.

Click here for FREE recorded webinar (no CEs).

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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since these programs are approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDCES regardless of your profession.*  

The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.

FREE webinar, June 2, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.  (PST)

Unsure about changes in 2020?

Coach Beverly offers this FREE webinar to help get you to prepare for the CDCES Exam. All her tips and tricks are meant to ease your mind and reflect the updates to the CDCES content outline.

Topics Covered Include:

• Implications of new certification name, CDCES for our specialty
• Exam requirement updates for 2020
• Exam eligibility and test format
• Strategies to succeed along with a review of study tips and test-taking tactics.
• We will review sample test questions and the reasoning behind choosing the right answers.
• Learn how to focus your time and prepare to take the CDCES Exam. We provide plenty of sample test questions and test-taking tips!

Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM is a working educator who has passed her CDCES Exam 6 times. She is a nationally recognized diabetes expert for over 25 years.

See our Preparing for CDCES Resource Page >>

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Medical Nutrition Therapy + Meal Planning
Recorded & Ready for Viewing!
$69 | 4.0 CEs 

Join Dana Armstrong, RD, CDCES, a trailblazer and thought leader, for a lively and intensive review of the latest in Medical Nutrition Therapy with immediate application to your clinical practice.

Dana combines the newest findings, her clinical experiences, plus the ADA Standards of Care into an action-packed presentation that will inform your practice while preparing for the certification exam.

Webinar Dates

Session 1 – Medical Nutrition Therapy Overview | May 27 from 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

Session 2 – Meal Planning – How to Eat by the Numbers | May 27 from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT

All presentations are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.

These sessions are also included in our Virtual Conference.
Click here to enroll in the entire program.

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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since these programs are approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDCES regardless of your profession.*  

The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.

For this week’s Free Resource Friday, we want to share with you our new COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page!

Over the past weeks, we have been collecting resources to learn more about COVID-19 and how it affects people living with diabetes.

We have decided to gather all of these resources together into one page to share with you.

This page includes webinars, ADA & ADCES COVID-19 resource hubs, handouts, mental wellness resources, and much more!

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PBS is streaming a new documentary, Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic that follows the diabetes epidemic in the United States.

“It’s time to stop victim-shaming people with diabetes,” said Dan Hurley, scientific journalist, and author.

Through a scientific lens, Blood Sugar Rising, explores the history of diabetes and focuses on the environmental, social, and economical factors of this epidemic.

The documentary centers on the lived experience of people with diabetes, humanizing the impact that diabetes can have on an individual. Through these experiences, we see first-hand how much shame & blame is put on people living with diabetes.

Written by Bryanna, our Director of Operations & Customer Happiness

Click here to watch the full video.

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To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the CDC recommends everyone wears a cloth face-mask when in public.

In addition to washing our hands frequently and maintaining a 6ft. distance from others, cloth masks can help in situations where social distancing is more difficult, such as the grocery store.

Cloth face-masks can easily be made at home with a scarf, bandana, hand towel, or t-shirt, just be sure to wash them frequently. Here are a few tips for making your mask:

Best materials for your mask

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