King County Steps to Health

Community Health Workers with the Steps to Health King County program provided home visits for Spanish, Vietnamese and English speaking clients with diabetes from September 2005 through August of 2008. Each enrolled client received baseline, multiple education and exit visits covering topics such as working with your provider, nutrition, foot care and physical activity.

For more information on this program please contact Diana Vergis Vinh at diana.vinh@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-8263.

Download a flyer (PDF)

• Module 1: What is diabetes?
  • Handout, Module 1
    
    
• Module 2: Feelings about diabetes
  
  
• Module 3: Signs and symptoms of high and low blood sugar
• • Handout, Module 3
    
    
• Module 4: Blood glucose monitoring
• • Handout, Module 4
    
    
• Module 5: Treating diabetes: Balancing food, exercise/activity and medicines
  • Handout, Module 5
    
    
• Module 6: Food and diabetes (PDF)
• • Handout, Module 6
  • Handout, Module 6a
    
    
• Module 7: Diabetes and exercise/activity
  • Handout, Module 7
    
    
• Module 8: Diabetes medications
  
  
• Module 9: Complications of diabetes (overview)
  • Handout, Module 9
    
    
• Module 10: Complications of diabetes, heart and blood vessel problems
  • Handout, Module 10
    
    
• Module 11: Complications of diabetes, retinopathy (eye disease)
  • Handout, Module 11
    
    
• Module 12: Foot care
  
  
• Module 13: Complications of diabetes, nephropathy (kidney disease)
  • Handout, Module 13
    
    
• Module 14: Working with doctor/health team