The Campbell County Health
Diabetes Education department is hosting two educational sessions for the
Choose You and Prevention Type 2 Diabetes program that begins in mid-May. These information sessions take place
on Thursday, April 26 or Monday, May 7 from 7-8 pm at the Ground Floor
Conference Room at
Campbell County Memorial Hospital, 501 S. Burma Avenue, in Gillette, Wyoming. The information sessions are
free! Check out more information in this video:
The information sessions will outline the year-long diabetes prevention
program that CCH has created to help community members prevent the onset
of Type 2 diabetes with healthy lifestyle changes. Choose You and Prevention
Type 2 Diabetes is a structured program facilitated by
Heidi Gillette, RDN, LD, and
Melissa Gorsuch, RN; diabetes educators and trained lifestyle coaches with
Campbell County Medical Group Diabetes Education. The emphasis of the program is on nutrition, physical
activity and behavior change tools and techniques to help prevent diabetes.
It uses curriculum developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The Choose You and Prevention Type 2 Diabetes program takes place from
May 15, 2018 through May 14, 2019. This will be a small group to help
individuals get the attention they may need. The program meets 16 times
during the first six months and monthly during the last six months. If
you register for the program, it costs $150. Learn more about this diabetes
prevention program at
www.cchwyo.org/preventd or call 307.688.3615.
Campbell County Health’s Diabetes Education program is nationally
recognized by the
American Diabetes Association. Learn more at
www.cchwyo.org/diabetes.