Our Mission

To guide professional practice in promoting healthy lifestyles through self-management of diabetes and related conditions.

Special Features

• Articles Contributed by Guillermo Umpierrez M.D.
  
  
• Dr. Umpierrez speaks on controlling cardiovascular risk in diabetes at July 27 GAADE
  

• AADE Video to Promote Merits of Diabetes Educator Certification Members of the Greater Atlanta Association of Diabetes Educators explain why being a Certified Diabetes Educator was an important step in their professional development. View Video Now

FYI

• Information About The Patricia Babin Award
• Learn About Camp Kudzu, for Georgia’s youth living with Type 1 diabetes and their families
• Legislative Committee
• President's Message - Linda Lowey, RN, MS, CDE, CWOCN
• “The Diabetes Educator: Taking Care of Business" (pdf)
• Opportunity to submit content to Diabetes Health Magazine
• Job Postings
• Continuing Education Credit Contract Information

In the News

Children First: Survey of School Nurses in Georgia, January 2006 (report by Dr. Kathie Aduddell, Kennesaw University) findings: • 85% school nurses in Georgia have cared for at least one child with diabetes. • 60% of those nurses surveyed had 1-5 children with insulin dependent diabetes to take care of each day • 14% of nurses surveyed had 6-10 children with insulin dependent diabetes to take care of each day.