Ongoing evaluation gives important information that you can use to fine tune diabetes related programming to suit your employees’ needs. The size of your workforce, as well as the gender, ages, and ethnicities of employees, will influence the diabetes prevention and management information you present and the activities and services your program offers. And as you achieve your goals and set new ones, you should modify program elements to keep them responsive to employee needs.

For example:

• • When conducting your annual employees health risk assessment you discover that a large number of employees are planning to become pregnant or are pregnant. This discovery may lead you to plan a session or provide information related to gestational diabetes.
  • Medical claims and pharmacy data indicate a significant increase in the number of employees taking medication for high blood pressure and anxiety.  This information may lead you to offer sessions and information on stress management and ways to lower blood pressure.

  Tools such as the Right Fit can help you customize your Diabetes at Work program to ensure its ongoing impact.