Diabetes Prevention Program

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More than one-third of Rhode Islanders are prediabetic.  In 2017, the Lifespan Community Health Institute, as part of Rhode Island Hospital, partnered with the City of Providence’s Healthy Communities Office to deliver the Diabetes Prevention Program to Providence residents.  Since then, the program has grown and targets all eligible Rhode Island residents.  The Diabetes Prevention Program, an evidence-based program, teaches people at risk for developing diabetes how to implement a healthy lifestyle with the goal of preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. The program is available in English and Spanish and offered to participants at no cost.

Currently, the Lifespan Community Health Institute (LCHI) contracts with the Rhode Island Department of Health to deliver the Diabetes Prevention Program to all eligible Rhode Island residents.  Free to participants, the program offers weekly one-hour sessions with a trained lifestyle coach to learn and maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors, peer support, healthy at-home meal recipes, and childcare and transportation assistance. Additionally, LCHI currently contracts with the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island to offer the program to eligible State of Rhode employees and their beneficiaries.  Learn if you qualify here.

The Lifespan Community Health Institute is one of only two CDC Recognized Organizations offering the Diabetes Prevention Program in Rhode Island that has achieved Full Plus recognition.  Full Plus recognition means that a program has demonstrated effectiveness by achieving all of the performance criteria related to the Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program Standards and Operating procedures.