What
are some outside sources for diabetes information?
National
Diabetes Education Program
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/ndeps.htm
Faye L. Wong, MPH, RD
Associate Director for Diabetes Education
770-488-5037
(fax) 770-488-5966
flw2@cdc.gov
Diabetes Outreach Program
301-496-6110: (fax) 301-496-7422; gallivanj@hq.niddk.nih.gov
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
800-GET-LEVEL (438-5383) or 301-654-3327
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
National Eye Institute (NEI)
31 Center Drive, MSC 2510, Bldg. 31, Room 6A32
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
301-496-5248 or 800-869-2020
301-402-1065 (fax)
http://www.nei.nih.gov/
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
US Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, DC 20013-7337
800-444-MHRC (6472)
http://www.omhrc.gov/
More resources for information on diabetes
American
Association of Diabetes Educators
100 West Monroe, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
800-338-3633 for names of diabetes educators
312-424-2426 to order publications
http://www.aadenet.org/
American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria VA 22314
800-232-3472 or 703-549-1500
800-ADA-ORDER to order publications toll free
ADA's D.I.A.L. Program (Diabetes Information and Action Line)
800-342-2383 or 800-DIABETES
http://www.diabetes.org/
American Dietetic Association
National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics
216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 800,
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
800-366-1655 Consumer Nutrition Hotline (Spanish speaker available)
800-745-0775
http://www.eatright.org/
Medical Eye Care for the Nation's
Disadvantaged Senior Citizens
The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 429098
San Francisco, CA 94142-9098
800-222-EYES (3937)