Diabetes educational videos was identified by the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Team as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, that has a reasonable chance of making a difference in diabetes in our community. This is a new program in our community.

The priority population/customers for this educational program are residents at risk for or currently diagnosed with diabetes, and the educational videos aims to make a difference at the individual/interpersonal behavior level. Implementation will take place in on websites and social media platforms.

The partners for this Educational program include:

During 2022 the Madison County Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent in collaboration with the RN Care Manager from Hot Springs Health Program created and posted two videos to YouTube with the focus of healthy recipes and diabetes self-management. Videos were shared on multiple HEAL team members social media platforms.

September 21, 2022, a video titled Better Breakfast with Egg Muffins and October 11, 2022, a video titled Live Longer and Stronger - Reimagining Downhome Country Cooking were posted.  Contact details are tagged at the end of the video in the event viewers would like more information.

More recently a Diabetes Blog has been developed. The plan is to continue to post videos and pair those with blog entries.  In addition, the HEAL team is discussing a way to track effectiveness of the information by way of survey post viewing of the video.  

During 2023 the Madison County Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent in collaboration with the RN Care Manager from Hot Springs Health Program created and posted four videos to YouTube with the focus of healthy recipes and diabetes self-management. Videos were shared on multiple HEAL team members social media platforms.

The following are the titles/subject of the videos:

• Braised Mustard Greens and Potatoes
• Quick and Hearty Vegetable Soup
• Mashed Cauliflower "Reimagining Downhome Country Cooking"
• Lower Carbohydrate Cornbread "Reimagining Downhome Country Cooking"

Contact details are tagged at the end of the video in the event viewers would like more information.

In addition, a survey has been added to the videos so that increased knowledge can be measured.

The diabetes blog was discontinued due to lack of engagement.