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Seven
County Diabetes Network
Mission: The Seven County
Diabetes Network is a coalition that is grant-funded through The New
York State Department of Health. The Network targets individuals at risk
for, or already diagnosed with, diabetes throughout Warren, Washington,
Saratoga, Essex, Hamilton, Franklin and Clinton Counties. The Seven
County Diabetes Network works collaboratively with healthcare
facilities, public health departments and community organizations to
increase public awareness of risks, prevention strategies, management
issues and available local resources for people with diabetes or at risk
of developing diabetes.
Services provided at no charge to the
community:
 | programs
about diabetes prevention and management; |
| referrals
to American Diabetes Association-approved Diabetes Self-Management
Programs; |
| access
to a Certified Diabetes Educator through a toll-free telephone
number for questions and information about local diabetes resources
and programs. |
Partners:
Glens Falls Hospital* (lead agency), Adirondack Medical
Center*, Alice Hyde Medical Center*, Elizabethtown Community
Hospital, Public Health Departments in four counties, Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Essex and Saratoga
counties, Inter-Lakes
Health,
Saratoga Hospital, Hudson Headwaters Health Network, New York State
Department of Health, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. (Partners
in bold print offer American Diabetes Association-approved Self
Management Programs.)
Contact Information:
For further information about The Seven County
Diabetes Network and upcoming programs, please contact
Lisa Hodgson, RD, CDN, CDE, Program Coordinator, Seven County
Diabetes Network, c/o Glens Falls Hospital, 100 Park Street, Glens
Falls, NY 12801. Phone: (518) 926-5920 or 1-800-965-5705; Fax: (518)
926-6983. lhodgson@glensfallshosp.org
(Offered at no charge)
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Glens Falls
Regional Celiac Support Group
LOCATION:
Glens Falls Hospital, Community
Learning Center, Side A
(use Entrance C), 100 Park Street, Glens Falls.
DATES: Tuesdays, June 3,
August 5, October 7 and December 2, 2008.
TIMES: 6:30 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
please call 518-793-7209
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Bariatric
Support Group
LOCATION:
Glens Falls Hospital, Community
Learning Center, Side B, 100 Park Street, Glens Falls (unless
otherwise noted on monthly flier).
DATES: Wednesday, June 11,
October 8 and December 10, 2008.
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
please call 518-926-2615
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Diabetes
Support Group
LOCATION:
Falls Hospital, Community Learning
Center, Side B, 100 Park Street, Glens Falls (unless otherwise noted
on monthly flier).
DATES: Thursdays, October 9
and December 11, 2008.
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
please call 518-926-2613.
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Insulin Pump
Support Group
LOCATION: Glens Falls Hospital, Community Learning
Center, Side B, 100 Park Street, Glens Falls (unless otherwise noted
on monthly flier).
DATES: Tuesdays, September 2 and
November 4, 2008.
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
please call 518-926-2613
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Indian Lake Walking
Program
(Hamilton County)
LOCATION: Indian Lake
Central School,
28 West Main Street
DATES:
during the winter
TIMES:
4:00 PM to 9:00 PM (on school days only,
school vacation days excluded)
FOR MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER:
Please call
1-800-965-5705.
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Diabetes: Putting It All Together (Free)
LOCATION:
Elizabethtown Social
Center, Route 9, Elizabethtown, NY
DATES:
Saturday,
April 28
TIMES:
9:00
AM to NOON
TOPICS:
Attend this
free program for people with diabetes and their families.
FOR MORE INFO
OR TO REGISTER:
Please call
1-800-965-5705.
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Healthy Lifestyles (Free)
LOCATION:
The Nutrition Center, 2 Broad Street Plaza, 2nd
floor, Glens Falls
DATES:
Beginning Thursday,
May 3; meets
for four consecutive Thursdays (May 3, 10, 17, 24) and June 21
TIMES:
4:00
PM to 6:00 PM
TOPICS:
The program is taught by a Registered Dietitian/Certified Diabetes
Educator and will focus on prevention of Type 2 diabetes through
healthy lifestyle choices, including eating and physical activity
strategies.
FOR MORE INFO:
To register, call 518-926-5920 or
1-800-965-5705 by Thursday, April 26. Registration is limited to the
first 15 enrollees.
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Easy Steps to
Preventing Diabetes (Free)
LOCATION:
Cambridge Family Health Center,
35 Gilbert Street, Cambridge
DATES:
Thursday,
May 3
TIMES:
4:00
PM to 5:30 AM
TOPICS:
Attend this
free program and learn who is at risk for diabetes,
what diabetes is and practical prevention strategies. Taught by
Certified Diabetes Educators and Registered Dietitians. Casual dress
suggested. Light refreshments will be served.
FOR MORE INFO:
Co-sponsored
by The Seven County Diabetes Network and the Regional Diabetes
Center of Glens Falls Hospital. Call
1-800-965-5705 by Thursday, April 16 to register. |
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Diabetes
Contacts by County
(facilities
in bold print offer American Diabetes Association-approved Diabetes
Self-Management Programs)
1)
Susannah LeVon, MPH, RD, Assistant Director of Nutrition
Services, CVPH Medical Center, 518-562-7717; slevon@cvph.org
2)
Jerie Reid, Nutrition Service Coordinator, Clinton County Public
Health; 518-565-4840; reidj@co.clinton.ny.us
3)
Mandy Snay, RD, Clinton County Public
Health; 518-565-4840;
snaym@co.clinton.ny.us
4)
Lee Vera, Project
Coordinator, Eastern Adirondack Health Care
Network; 518-564-3364;
lythia.vera@plattsburgh.edu
1)
Linda Savarie, RN, Patient Ed. Coordinator, Adirondack Medical
Center*; 518-897-2274; lsavarie@amcCares.org
2)
Cathy McMahon, RN,
Public Health Nurse, Essex County Public Health, 518-873-3518;
mcmahon@co.essex.ny.us
3)
Dottie Wehnau, RD, Cornell Cooperative Extension and
Elizabethtown Community Hospital, 518-962-4810 or 518-873-3106;
dwehnau@ech.org
1) Josy
Delaney, MS, Community Wellness Specialist, Alice Hyde Medical Center*,
518-481-2474;
jdelaney@alicehyde.com
2)
Anne Slocum, RD, CDE, Alice Hyde Medical Center*,
518-483-3000 x280; aslocum@alicehyde.com
3)
Hallie Garland, RN, CDE, Alice Hyde Medical Center*,
518-483-3000 x427; hgarland@alicehyde.com
1)
Katryna Wells, Outreach Coordinator, Hamilton County Public Health, 518-648-6141; katryna.wells.hcphns@frontiernet.net
2) Millie
Anzalone, Community member, PO Box 538, Indian Lake, NY 12842
518-648-5889
1)
Diane Whitten, MS, Cornell Coop. Ext., Saratoga County,
518-885-8995; dsh23@cornell.edu
1)
Jodi Brynes, BS, Program Director, Wellness Center at Glens Falls
Hospital, 518-926-5942; jbrynes@glensfallshosp.org
3)
Sandra McNeil, MA, RD, CDN, FADA, Clinical Manager of Nutrition
and Diabetes, Regional Diabetes Center of Glens Falls Hospital*,
518-926-2602; smcneil@glensfallshosp.org
4)
Emily Hammond, RN, CDE, Hudson Headwaters Health Network
- Clinical Services Center, Warrensburg, NY
12885, 518-623-0009 ext. 371;
hammonde@hhhn.org
5)
Laura Saffer, Warren County Public Health, 518-761-6571; safferl@co.warren.ny.us
1)
Lauralee Smith,
Health Educator, Washington County Public Health, 518-746-2400 x2175;
lsmith@co.washington.ny.us
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What is Diabetes?
www.diabetes.org (American
Diabetes Association)
Looking for a Certified
Diabetes Educator in your area
www.diabeteseducator.org
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