Whether you have had diabetes for some time or are newly diagnosed, our program offers you and your family the knowledge and self-care skills necessary to live a healthy life.

Diabetes is a serious and complicated condition, but it doesn’t have to control your life. Education is vital for diabetes management. Successful outcomes depend on your active involvement in your care. By arming yourself with information, regular health care, and a little motivation, you can learn to manage diabetes. We can help. Providence Diabetes Education serves to improve the quality of life for people living with diabetes.

We are accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES).

Diabetes education is covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance companies. Financial assistance is available if you do not have insurance.

We offer adult and pediatric services including:

• Diabetes Self-Management Education
  • Type 1
  • Type 2
  • Gestational Diabetes

We are located within Providence primary care clinics to best collaborate with the care team, and to meet patients closer to home.

Providence offers a variety of community health education classes to help individuals achieve wellness at every stage in life.

From childbirth education to smoking cessation to pain education, we offer a host of classes that will meet the needs of all those in our communities. Classes include:

• Healthy Families: Pregnancy & Parenting Classes (in-person, online and eLearning classes available)
• Strong for Life Exercise Program: Fall prevention in the Community
• Tobacco Education: Smoking Cessation & Lung Health
• Health & Wellness Classes

• Circle App
• Community Resource Desk
• Oregon Help Me Grow Program
• Car Seat Safety
• Wellness Resources
• Basecamp
• Swindell’s Resource Center

Outpatient Nutrition Services offers you information and support to eat in a way that aligns with your goals and nutritional needs. Our staff of Registered Dietitians are experienced in nutrition counseling for people of all ages.

Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) is provided by Providence’s registered dietitian nutritionists (RDN) who are state licensed. RDN’s counsel individuals on behavioral and lifestyle changes related to improving their nutrition. MNT visits include discussion with the RDN to develop a plan and set goals that meet the individual’s needs.

We can help with:

• Nutrition therapy for disease management
• Food allergies, intolerances, specialized diets
• Weight management
• Disordered eating (weight cycling, restrictive eating, chronic dieting, emotional eating)
• Eating disorders
• Sports nutrition
• Pediatrics (childrens’ health)
• Women’s health
• Malnutrition

General nutrition

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• MyPlate - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Kidney disease

• The National Kidney Foundation

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association - Research, Education, and Advocacy

Heart and stroke

• American Heart Association

Eating disorders

• Help & Support - National Eating Disorders Association
• The Plate-by-Plate Approach

Health at Every Size

• Health at Every Size® (HAES®)
• 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating

Cancer

• Information and Resources about for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Lung, Prostate, Skin - American Cancer Society

Lose weight and improve your health with a one-year lifestyle change program.

Prevent: Diabetes Prevention Program (Prevent: DPP) is an evidence-based, nationally recognized program proven to promote & maintain weight loss, prevent type 2 diabetes, & improve overall health.

Virtual and limited in-person classes available based on demand.

Useful links:

• External outpatient referral form
• Internal epic outpatient referral form
• Pediatric referral information
• External provider referral information
• Flyer - Outpatient Nutrition and Diabetes Education Services

Useful Links:

• Patient Clinic Consent Form

• Patient Hospital Outpatient Consent Form
• Clinic Consent Form Espanol