Diabetes Free SC Continues Mission With New Funded Initiatives
Diabetes Free SC Focuses on Women's Health With New Initiative
Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) aims to reduce diabetes and its complications in South Carolina. It is developing an innovative program that helps young women with diabetes take control of their health. The Women’s Health Initiative promotes wellness among women with diabetes and those who are at risk of developing the disease.
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Investing in Community Health to Prevent Diabetes
Our communities play a key role in our daily lives. The people we meet every day influence our decisions, even our health-related decisions. Community health workers (CHWs) have become a vital part of how people seek and receive care. Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) recognizes the crucial role CHWs play in the health of a community. In August 2021, DFSC announced the Community Health Worker project as a new funded program to help reduce diabetes and its complications among South Carolinians.
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Improving Surgery Outcomes for People With Diabetes
People with diabetes face a number of health risks. They are more likely to develop heart, gum or kidney disease. Surgery also poses a risk. The South Carolina Surgical Quality Collaborative (SCSQC) Diabetes Initiative aims to get people with diabetes, or who are at risk of diabetes, as healthy as possible before planned surgery.
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