The Montana Diabetes Resource Center
This Resource Center is designed to provide information to people with diabetes, their families and their health care providers by linking them to helpful resources. Links include information regarding the burden of diabetes in Montana, quarterly surveillance reports, monitoring efforts within the state, diabetes resource guides, educational tools developed by the Montana Diabetes Project staff and other links providing insight to diabetes care and prevention.
Please tell us what you like about this site, what you don't like, what you would like added to this site, or if there is other information about diabetes that you need, by sending e-mail to Susan Day, Office Manager of the Montana Diabetes Project.
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, Overweight, and Obesity Among Adults in Montana-2008
- Montana Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention State Plan
- Progress & Opportunities in Diabetes Control: In American Indians with Diabetes in Montana & Wyoming: 1998-2009
"Preventing Chronic Diseases: Investing Wisely in Health" - A new fact sheet from the Montana Diabetes Project
What gets measured gets tracked! If you are interested in assessing your practice patterns and insuring your patients with diabetes are receiving the highest quality of care according to the American Diabetes Association's Clinical Recommendations, the Montana Diabetes Project (MDP) can help. The MDP offers "Quality Care Tracking System Software" at no direct cost! To learn more about our Diabetes and Primary Prevention tracking systems, use this link.
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Tracking Systems & Quality Improvement Reports
- Diabetes Quality Care Monitoring System (DQCMS)
"Children with Diabetes: A Resource Guide for Schools"-A school resource manual for school personnel from the Montana Diabetes Project- Pocket Inserts for "Children with Diabetes: A Resource Guide for Schools" - Everything you need when a child with diabetes is coming to your school. All of these items are “copier-ready”.
Information about Acanthosis Nigricans - Acanthosis nigricans is a skin disorder characterized by dark, thick, velvety skin in body folds and creases. This brochure provides additional information about this disorder.
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Useful Web Sites
- Diabetes Risk Test - How do you rate?
- Living with Diabetes - Treatment and Care from the ADA
- Diabetes Statistics - From the ADA
- Diabetes Symptoms - From the ADA
- Type 1 Diabetes - Formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes - Formerly known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- Educational Programs
- Diabetes Care: Information for Clinical Providers
- Diabetes Resource Library
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Diabetes News Service
- Montana Diabetes News Articles - Searches Google News for articles relating to diabetes in Montana
- Diabetes News Service - From ADA
- News and Alerts - From the Doctor's Guide to Diabetes Information and Resources site
- American Indian Health
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
- Diabetes Advisory Coalition (pdf file)
- Montana Diabetes Project Staff
Keeping your blood sugar in control and taking care of your feet
everyday can help you avoid serious foot problems.

