Diabetes Dateline
Fall 2006

NDIC Publication Receives National Awards

The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) received two national awards for its consumer publication Your Guide to Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognized the publication with its Plain Language Award for excellence. The NIH created the Plain Language Awards to promote the NIH Plain Language Initiative, established in response to a 1998 White House memorandum calling for all Federal Government writing to be in plain, or easy-to-read, format.

The publication also was recognized with a merit award for patient education information from the National Health Information Awards Program. These awards, organized by the Health Information Resource Center, are designed to establish a seal of quality for consumer health information. Health information experts who served as judges considered more than 1,000 entries from hundreds of organizations.

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NIH Publication No. 07–4562
December 2006