These are programs that involve the participation of community members on the generation of diabetes awareness materials. Each program revolves around a specific theme and works as an interactive conduit that connects individuals through self-expression and creativity. As a result, the community participates in the generation of useful and authentic content, which in turn, strengthens the community through the participation and empowerment of the members. Some of our community-generated diabetes awareness initiatives are: Word In Your Hand™, Drawing Diabetes, No-Sugar Added Poetry, Making Sense of Diabetes and The Big Blue Test.
Varios de nuestros programas de creación de consciencia sobre la diabetes los hemos desarrollado en español también. Algunos de ellos son: La Palabra en tu Mano, Poesía y Diabetes, La Gran Prueba Azul y Expresa Tu Diabetes.
These are awareness programs that have an external focus beyond our communities. A good example is the Diabetes Advocates program that we launched in early 2010 to pool the resources of its members to do promotional activities that are too difficult or expensive to do independently. As a result, a group of diabetes advocates is able to reach out to audiences through diabetes conferences and health journalists.
