Action Guide for Community Pharmacists
Rx for the National Diabetes Prevention Program
The Rx for the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Action Guide for Community Pharmacists is designed to help community pharmacists and members of the pharmacy workforce reach people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes who could benefit from the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program.
The guide supports pharmacies in preventing new cases of type 2 diabetes among high-risk patients by helping expand the reach of the National DPP. It provides case studies of pharmacies that have already taken these steps and highlights the ways pharmacists can engage with the program.
Three Tiers of Engagement
Choose the Level That Fits Your Pharmacy
The guide is framed around three tiers of engagement, so pharmacies can pick and choose which tiers to engage with based on their own resources and capacity.
Promoting Awareness
Help patients and communities understand prediabetes and the benefits of the National DPP lifestyle change program.
Screening, Testing & Referring
Identify patients at high risk for type 2 diabetes and refer them to a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program.
Delivering the Program
Offer the National DPP lifestyle change program directly to patients through your pharmacy.
How Pharmacists Can Participate in a CDC-Recognized Lifestyle Change Program
Learn how pharmacists can partner with, refer to, or deliver CDC-recognized lifestyle change programs.
