Join the Louisiana Diabetes Educators Network Prevents Type 2 Diabetes
LaDEN Prevents is a group comprised of trained lifestyle coaches that deliver a CDC-Recognized National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP). We provide advanced training and development to program coordinators and lifestyle coaches through trainings, webinars and peer dialogue sessions to showcase National DPP experts and explore program best practices. LaDEN Prevents’s goal is to enhance the delivery of the Lifestyle Change Program with fidelity to the CDC-recognized National DPP.
We also have opportunities available to become a trained lifestyle coach as well as individual technical assistance for existing National DPP or organizations interested in starting a program.
NEW! Connect with us in 2025 as we host quarterly virtual meetings for trained lifestyle coaches and National DPP program coordinators. Our facilitated webinars and peer dialogue sessions put your coaches and program needs at the center focus, with high audience interactivity and sharing National DPP best practices in our state. Topics discussed during sessions may include, but are not limited to:
Program Retention Barriers
Marketing Your Program
Social Determinants of Health
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program
Financial Sustainability
DPRP Updates
Data Submission
2025 LaDEN Prevents Call Dates
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 noon-1 p.m.
Learn About the Lifestyle Coach ECHO!
Beginning on January 12, 2022, Well-Ahead will host Lifestyle Coach ECHO sessions. For this Lifestyle Coach ECHO, Well-Ahead Louisiana has partnered with Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center (DTTAC) at Emory University to serve as the “hub” of specialists. Sessions will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CST on the second Wednesday of each month.
To learn more about the lifestyle coach ECHO session, click here.
