Project: Sweet Dreams: A Rural Approach to Diabetes Education in Irwin and Ben Hill Counties, GA
Grantee: Irwin County Board of Health, GA
Address: 407 W. Fourth St.
Ocilla, GA 31774
Phone: 229-468-5003
Email: bmwalters@dhr.state.ga.us
Project Purpose:
The goals of the project are to reduce the number of hospitalizations resulting from diabetes or diabetic complications in Irwin and Ben Hill counties by 10%, to increase healthy lifestyle behaviors among middle school children and to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes through awareness of prevention strategies.
Project Service Area:
The service area of this project includes two counties in Southern Georgia, Ben Hill and Irwin, each of which has a high prevalence of diabetes. The target population includes three groups:
- individuals who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with an emphasis on those who do not have insurance and/or who live in poverty;
- middle school children who need to develop healthy lifestyle behaviors that will lower their risk of becoming diabetic; and
- the general public.
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