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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Ross Taubman, DPM1, Jane M. Kelly, MD2, Phyllis McGuire2, and Joanne Gallivan, MS, RD3. (1) American Podiatric Medical Association, 5005 Signal Bell Lane, Suite 204, Clarksville, MD 21029, 443 535 8770, retaubman@apma.org, (2) Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., N.E., Mail Stop K-10, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, (3) NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Room 9A04, Bethesda, MD 20892-2560
The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is a partnership between two federal agencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Health, and over 200 public and private organizations created to improve the treatment and outcome for people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and ultimately prevent the onset of this disease. The Podiatry, Pharmacy, Optometry and Dentistry (PPOD) Workgroup of the NDEP has created a primer to improve health care providers’ understanding of comprehensive diabetes care, promote an integrated approach to diabetes care and encourage the delivery consistent messages to patients. The collaboration of the many medical specialties involved in comprehensive diabetes care with non-medical organizations concerned with good outcomes for people with diabetes is a synergistic process that has created a unique tool for improved diabetes management and complication prevention. The four professional groups are the primary entry point into the medical care system for many persons, and play an important role in ensuring that diabetes care is continuous, proactive, planned, patient-centered, and promotes better self-management behaviors. PPOD members identified key care concepts for each profession, and reviewed the primer for cross-cutting health concerns, recommendations and educational messages. The PPOD primer was developed in consultation with other NDEP workgroups representing minority concerns to ensure cultural competency of recommendations and awareness of unique issues. Implementation plans include dissemination of primers through PPOD professional organizations, inclusion of the document as a public domain product on the NDEP website, and distribution through the NDEP partnership network.
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Keywords: Diabetes, Medical Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.