diabetes Alert Day

Get Ready for Diabetes Alert Day®
 
Diabetes Alert Day® is a one-day “wake-up call”, observed by the American Diabetes Association on the fourth Tuesday in March, focuses on the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk.  This year it’s observed on March 24, 2026.    
 
Prediabetes leads to type 2 diabetes, putting you at risk for serious health complications including blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke and loss of toes, feet, or legs. If you’re among the 1 in 3 Rhode Island adults with prediabetes, Ready for Health, and evidence-based lifestyle change diabetes prevention program, can help. Ready for Health is offered by community and health agencies through the Rhode Island Department of Health.   
 
Here are some ways your agency can help to support this important public health program: 
 
Include Alert Day on your website and/or post about it on your social media.   
Diabetes Alert Day® is on March 24, 2026. Promote “TAKE IT. SHARE IT.” Find out your risk for diabetes with a quick online test at Prediabetes | Department of Health or Take the Test – Prediabetes (Spanish) | Diabetes | CDC.  Receive a high score? Check out Ready for Health, a national CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program offered locally, at Community Health Network. 
 
Incorporate Alert Day into your agency’s newsletter.  
Diabetes Alert Day® is observed on the fourth Tuesday in March by the American Diabetes Association.  This is a one-day “wake-up call” that focuses on the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk.  Join us as we help our community prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes!  Find out your risk for diabetes with a quick online test at Prediabetes | Department of Health or Take the Test – Prediabetes (Spanish) | Diabetes | CDC.  Receive a high score? Check out Ready for Health, a national CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program offered locally, at Community Health Network.
 
Host a “Screen and Refer” event at your agency or healthcare office.   
Participants can take the quick online Prediabetes | Department of Health or Take the Test – Prediabetes (Spanish) | Diabetes | CDC and anyone who risks high can be referred to, or self-refer to, the Community Health Network. 
 
Promote Ready for Health classes listed on the Community Health Network calendar and/or share this outreach flyer of currently enrolling cohorts!  

Alert Day can be any day! Promote or host a diabetes prevention event anytime.
For support, contact Lori Clark, Diabetes Prevention Manager at lori.clark@health.ri.gov.