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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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