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Appalachian Diabetes Control and Translation Project

Purpose

To reduce the impact of diabetes on people who live in high-risk
(distressed) counties in the Appalachian Region of the United States

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Objectives

Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) "Diabetes Today" program as the planning translation model, the project will

Enhance local leadership, develop policies, and assure collection of local data
Provide epidemiological assistance
Help plan, implement, and evaluate aggressive community-based diabetes control and prevention activities.

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Preliminary results / accomplishments

From October 1, 2001, to September 30, 2002, partners in at least five counties will

Develop community partnerships around the problem of diabetes
Determine the magnitude of the problem in their county
Plan and begin a series of activities addressing diabetes.

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Partners

CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation
Appalachian Regional Commission
13 Appalachian states (all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia)
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Marshall University, project manager

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Target audience

People in the Appalachian Region who have or are at risk for diabetes.

About 23 million people live in the 410 counties of the Appalachian Region; 42 percent of the Region's population is rural, compared with 20 percent of the national population. Appalachia is a 200,000-square-mile region that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi.

For more information, call the CDC Diabetes Inquiry Line toll free
1-800-CDC-INFO
1-888-232-6348 TTY or E-mail cdcinfo@cdc.gov.

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