SDPI Diabetes Best Practice Resources
Grantees may find the resources below helpful as they plan for, implement, and evaluate their SDPI grant program and Diabetes Best Practice.
Program Planning Resources
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention

- Integrating Case Management Into Your SDPI Diabetes Best Practice [PDF – 290 KB] – Use this Case Management guide to assist you in meeting the health needs of individuals in your clinic and community diabetes programs.
- Integrating Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Into Your SDPI Diabetes Best Practice [PDF – 275 KB] – Review this guide to explore strategies and tools to enhance DSMES in your diabetes program.
- Best Practice and Target Group Overview
(Recorded 5/12/2021: 55 minutes)- Best Practice = 08:16
- Target Group = 22:26
- Questions = 49:17
University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and Development
- Community Tool Box – Online resource that provides guidance, tools, and a troubleshooting guide on planning, implementation and evaluation.
The Community Preventive Services Task Force
- The Community Guide – Website with materials to help plan and design effective, evidence-based interventions to meet your community's health needs.
Implementation Resources
Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- SDPI Toolkits – The toolkits provide keys to success and lessons learned from SDPI Diabetes Prevention/Healthy Heart (DP/HH) grant programs in implementing strategies to reduce diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
- Program Spotlights – Videos and written stories of SDPI Programs making a difference in Indian Country.
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
- Education Materials and Resources (Online Catalog) – Culturally relevant and easy-to-use materials for providers, patients, and clients. Materials are free to order or download and print.
- Printable Materials – Downloadable full-color articles, posters, and Public Service Announcements that allow for instant and easy distribution.
Other Resources
- What Works for Health from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps – Website with information to help select and implement evidence-informed policies, programs, and system changes.
Evaluation Resources
Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- SDPI Outcomes System (SOS) – Web-based system for SDPI Community-Directed Grant programs. Grantees will use this system, to enter, check, and download Required Key Measure (RKM) data for their Target Group for their selected Diabetes Best Practice. They can also run reports of their RKM results. SOS Training and Resources are also available.
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
- IHS Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit – Web-based system for data submission, processing, and reporting. Audit Training and RPMS/DMS Info also available for assessing care and health outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native people with diagnosed diabetes.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- CDC Program Evaluation website – Resources for program planning and evaluation, including a Self Study Guide [PDF], a guide to Developing An Effective Evaluation Report [PDF], and other materials.
- CDC Workbook: Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan [PDF] – Document detailing the steps in conducting an effective program evaluation.