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National Agenda for Public Health Action:
A National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health
Keeping the Momentum
The National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's
Health, now in its second year, has generated much energy and enthusiasm in
many circles. However, sustaining this momentum will require effort on three
fronts.
Designation of lead agencies for each recommendation and/or strategy.
CDC has volunteered to be the lead agency for specific recommendations
and/or strategies and has taken steps to ensure that the needed infrastructure
and resources are in place. CDC and its cosponsors will catalyze others to
become national partners.
Development by the lead agency of operational plans for the priority
strategies.
These plans should include specific and sequential activities, a timeline for
completion of the activities, evaluation measures to gauge progress, and a listing
of key partners involved. A template for such an operational plan, generated
during Phase III of the Initiative, is in Appendix E.
Design of a simple, yet meaningful, system for monitoring progress
toward the National Agenda's broad goals, including a plan for sharing findings
and making adjustments over time. Some proposed measures are
Increased number of speeches, press releases, testimony,
and publications issued by policy makers, public health professionals, other
advocates for women's issues, researchers, and the general public on diabetes
as a prominent public health issue.
- A consensus statement among key stakeholders that there is a need to develop
priority strategies, policies, and research to prevent and manage diabetes
and improve women's health.
- Increased federal, state, and local funding for the public health role
in diabetes and women's health at national, state, and community levels.
- Increased number of agencies and organizations from multiple sectors of
society that are engaged in a coordinated strategy to prevent and manage diabetes
among women.
- Increased prevalence of behaviors among women that will improve their overall
health and delay or prevent diabetes and its complications.
The cosponsors of the National Public Health Initiative
on Diabetes and Women's Health invite you to join us in a concerted effort to
stem the tide of diabetes and its complications among women. Together, we can
win this fight by significantly improving the health and quality of life for
women and their families nationwide.
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