Breadcrumb Home News News In the News Diabetes Free SC Continues Mission with Initiatives Funded in 2022 July 22, 2022 Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) is expanding its efforts to eliminate diabetes in our state with three new funded initiatives. DFSC is a long-term solution to address health care gaps and reduce diabetes in South Carolina. The initiative does this through... Read Full Article Healthy Lifestyles Staying Healthy During the Back-to-School Rush August 30, 2022 Children spend more time at school than in any other environment away from home. Schools provide a unique opportunity for partnerships focused on the child’s social, psychological, physical and mental development. Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) is... Read Full Article Other Initiatives Investing in Community Health to Prevent Diabetes March 17, 2022 Learn how the Community Health Worker project, a newly funded program by DFSC, is helping to create a diabetes prevention and management model that improves the health of people with diabetes or prediabetes. Read Full Article Living with Diabetes 8 Common Care Practices to Manage Diabetes December 29, 2020 A healthy diet, exercise, weight control and, if applicable, smoking cessation, are big steps in the right direction to manage diabetes. Discover eight ways you can help manage diabetes. Read Full Article Explore press releases, read up on the latest research and more. Filter by Category All CategoriesHealth EquityHealth ProfessionalsHealthy LifestylesIn the NewsLiving with DiabetesOther InitiativesPregnancy & Diabetes Healthy Lifestyles Getting a Head Start on Health with Upstream Intervention June 24, 2021 Learn about upstream intervention, which seeks to prevent disease and poor health outcomes, and how it can be an incredibly powerful strategy in the fight against diabetes. Read Full Article Pregnancy & Diabetes Preventing Diabetes and Improving Birth Outcomes May 7, 2021 DFSC developed two prenatal programs for women with diabetes: MOMs in Control and MOMs in Control of Diabetes Upstate. Find out why the mission of those programs is so important and the results they both envision for moms and their babies. Read Full Article Healthy Lifestyles Diabetes Free SC Aspires To Help Students Lifelong Healthy Habits April 30, 2021 Discover how funding from the BCBS of South Carolina Foundation provides k-12 schools with guidance and tools to help them begin making healthy changes. The programs the funding supports align with the mission of DFSC and have had noticeable results, including positive body mass changes. Read Full Article Health Equity Diabetes Free SC Takes Aim at Health Inequities March 23, 2021 DFSC, a long-term commitment to reduce health care disparities and improve the health status of all South Carolinians affected by diabetes, was launched in 2020. Discover how the organization aims to increase health equity throughout South Carolina. Read Full Article Healthy Lifestyles Food Insecurity and Diabetes: Access to Healthy Foods Is Crucial to Managing Disease February 18, 2021 Careful meal planning and preparation is key to managing diabetes. But many people affected by diabetes also are affected by food insecurity. Learn how DFSC is helping to reduce the racial and income disparities in the prevalence and severity of diabetes, and in access to care, that afflict our state. Read Full Article Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last 2022 Annual Report View the 2022 Annual Report from the Diabetes Free SC team. View the Report
