DPP Lifestyle Coach Network Newsletter

May 2024

Newsletter Highlights

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

The DPP Lifestyle Coach Network webinars are coordinated by the NC Division of Public Health to provide diabetes prevention program resources and promote a statewide knowledge exchange platform for diabetes prevention program lifestyle coaches.

Upcoming topic:

• 2024 CDC DPRP standards updates
• Community Health Workers (CHW) work within the community and with DPPs

Please email Meg Sargent with any questions.

DTTAC Advance™ Podcasts are 20-30 minute episodes perfect for the Lifestyle Coach on the go. Dialogues cover practical and informational topics centered around enhancing the skills of lifestyle coaches delivering the National Diabetes Prevention Program.

3 podcasts = 1 hour of Advanced Coach Training (ACT) required under the CDC DPRP Standards

Topics include:

• A Decade of Prevention
• Ensuring Success
• Food Realities
• Language and Literacy
• The Power of Place
• The Soft Stuff
• Wait, Wait, Don't Leave

Reducing Stress and Reducing Risk

Thursday May 23, 2024

12:00-1:00 PM

The science of stress and its role in our health is ever evolving. There is a greater understanding of the role that stress plays in diabetes risk and management. In this webinar, we will hear the latest science around stress and diabetes risk and then focus on practical things Lifestyle Coaches can do to help participants cope with stress in order to support their diabetes prevention goals.

The CDC is working toward an anticipated June 1, 2024 effective date and a July 1, 2024, implementation date. The following timeline has been developed to assist you in planning for the eventual transition to the new standards. 

The following timetable assumes an implementation date of July 1, 2024. If there are further unanticipated delays, all events will be shifted back accordingly, and your organization will receive timely guidance. 

• The DPRP Portal will not accept May submissions during the month of May. The Portal will only be open in May for administrative activities and for the completion of data submissions for organizations with data due before May. Any May submissions made in May will be rejected, and the organizations will be asked to hold their submissions until July.
• Organizations with submission dates in May and June 2024 will be granted a recognition extension and will wait to submit data in July. These organizations will be evaluated under the 2024 Standards. This will allow CDC to prepare for the system changes that will occur when the DPRP Portal goes offline during the month of June.
• Organizations will have 6 months to make internal system changes to fully implement the 2024 Standards and produce a data submission file in the 2024 format. Until that time, the DPRP Portal will include a tool that will convert files in the 2021 format to the 2024 format. Once converted, organizations will be responsible for making any necessary changes and submitting newly converted and updated files through the DPRP Portal.
• During the months of May and June, DPRP staff will provide a series of webinars/office hours to explain the changes in the 2024 Standards and the DPRP Portal. Invitations for these webinars will be sent from the National DPP Customer Service Center (CSC) and/or the DPRP DoNotReply mailbox. You may also find information on these opportunities on the National DPP CSC calendar.
• The DPRP will not accept applications for CDC recognition or National DPP UHAs in June. Organizations will be asked to use the new DPRP application form starting July 1st.
• The DPRP will resume accepting applications for alternate curricula review on July 1st. Organizations are strongly advised to hold off on any planned curriculum adaptations to ensure their program materials and delivery plans align with the 2024 DPRP Standards.
• CDC will be unable to update organizational information, process contact updates or changes, and address withdrawal requests during the month of June. Organizations are encouraged to login to the DPRP Data Portal to make updates and download any recognition documents before May 31st.

Data and evaluation considerations:

• Organizations that submit data on cohorts that begin before June 1st will not be responsible for providing participant-level zip codes (PARTICIPZIP) or adhering to the new payer options (PAYERSOURCE) for participants in those cohorts.
• Organizations that submit data on cohorts that begin on/after June 1st will be responsible for providing participant-level zip codes (PARTICIPZIP) and adhering to the new payer options (PAYERSOURCE) for participants in those cohorts.
• The calculation of average weekly physical activity minutes for participants in cohorts that began before June 1st will use the methodology outlined in the 2021 DPRP Standards.
• The calculation of average weekly physical activity minutes for participants in cohorts that began on/after June 1st will use the methodology outlined in the 2024 DPRP Standards.
• Any data submitted on/after July 1st (regardless of cohort start date) will be evaluated against the 2024 DPRP Standards.
• The DPRP Portal will provide a conversion tool that will allow organizations to upload files in the 2021 format and convert them to the 2024 format for 6 months, beginning July 1st.

File consideration:

• Files in a validated status on June 1st will no longer be available to submit. They will only be available for download.
• Files in a submitted status on May 31st will be rejected by the Data Team.
• Files uploaded on/after July 1st must be submitted in the 2024 format.