What is the Pacific Diabetes Education Program (PDEP)?
PDEP is a five-year project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve the availability and dissemination of culturally and linguistically appropriate diabetes education materials. PDEP is a program of Papa Ola Lokahi, a community organization that focuses on Native Hawaiian health.

The goals of PDEP are to:

1. Establish an advisory council that includes consumers of diabetes care services, health care providers, local diabetes programs and Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (DPCP) in Hawaii and the Western Pacific.
   
   
2. Develop awareness and education interventions designed to improve knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors related to diabetes prevention and control and to improve clinical outcomes for people with diabetes.
   
   
3. Establish partnerships with local community-based programs, DPCP programs and consumers of services related to diabetes prevention and care.
   
   
4. Develop and distribute diabetes education materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, for use by community programs and health care providers.

To learn more about PDEP, download our brochure.

 

 

 

Pacific Diabetes Education Program, a program of Papa Ola Lokahi
894 Queen Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 | Phone 808-597-6555 | Fax 808-597-6552 | Email pdep@papaolalokahi.org