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1981 The Minnesota Diabetes
Steering Committee was first convened
1988 Developed 4 background
papers & recommendations on diabetes:
Eye Disease, Hypertension, Amputations,
and Pregnancy
1990 Published
report: Preventing & Controlling Complications
1990 Completed first State
Diabetes Plan: Minnesota Plan to Prevent
Disability from Diabetes for 2000
1991– 2000 Highlights
of MDSC member-led 2000 Plan accomplishments:
- Developed the “how to”
manual, Diabetes and Quality Improvement:
A Guide for Primary Care, used
by organizations internationally
- Published 2 reports in 1994: State
& County Estimates of Diagnosed
Diabetics, and Reducing Cardiovascular
Disease Complications
- Created the Guidelines
for Diabetes Care in Long Term Care
Facilities, now in their
4th edition
- Published Voices
from the Community Focus
Group Report, 1997
- Held the annual Changing
Face of Diabetes in Minnesota Conference
on health disparities and diabetes
since 1995
- Passed bills that mandate insurance
coverage for diabetes supplies, equipment,
and education
- Secured legislative funding for
the Minnesota Diabetes Program, the
annual Changing
Face of Diabetes Conference ,
and the WOLF
- Work Out Low Fat program
- Developed diabetes objectives for
the Healthy
Minnesotans Public Health Goals for
2004
- Published data on diabetes prevalence
and complications in the Minnesota
County Health Profiles
2001 Initiated development
of the next diabetes state plan for 2010
2003 Released the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2010 and the
Diabetes
in Minnesota Report
2004 Developed
Diabetes Plan CENTRAL (Collaborative Exchange Network To Raise Awareness & Learning) is a web tool designed to serve as an interactive communication hub for the diabetes community to facilitate accomplishing the goals of the Plan; Launched
the Diabetes Plan Dialog newsletter, an online publication to facilitate ongoing conversation about the
Plan; Created guidelines for committee advocacy; Participated in the Steps to a Healthier US grant application which was awarded $1.5-2 million to fund four communities to work on diabetes and other conditions; Helped shape the content of a new
health information web site
www.minnesotahealthinfo.org;
and Co-host four "Join the Journey" regional meetings in Greater Minnesota to promote state plans for a number of chronic conditions.
2005 Developed
a“working draft” of the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2010 Evaluation Design; Released the Minnesota Diabetes Plan 2010 Year 1 Progress Report [PDF/20 pages/1.2MB]; Launched the Diabetes Action Network,
a way for the Minnesota diabetes community to share information on Plan-related activities via the web
2009-2010 Began planning goals and focus areas for 2015. Action groups to move forward on the focus areas will be launched in 2011.
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