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. 2004 May-Jun;119(3):311–321. doi: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.04.010

Using the Essential Public Health Services as strategic leverage to strengthen the public health response to diabetes.

Dawn W Satterfield 1, Dara Murphy 1, Joyce D K Essien 1, Gwen Hosey 1, Melissa Stankus 1, Pete Hoffman 1, Kaetz Beartusk 1, Patricia L Mitchell 1, Ana Alfaro-Correa 1
PMCID: PMC1497627  PMID: 15158110

Abstract

If current trends continue, health systems will soon be overwhelmed by type 2 diabetes mellitus. Successful population-based diabetes prevention and control efforts require a sound and continually improving infrastructure. In states and U.S. territories, the Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Diabetes Translation serve as a fulcrum for building and refining the infrastructure that links diverse and dynamic partners dedicated to increasing the years and quality of life and achieving health equity among people with and at risk for diabetes. The National Public Health Performance Standards offer a conceptual framework that articulates the requisite infrastructure and services provided by an interconnected network of intersectoral partners to strengthen the public health response to diabetes. These standards associated with the Essential Public Health Services are valuable tools to assess the status of the performance of the health system's infrastructure to guide improvement. The process of engaging system partners in a system-wide assessment informs and leverages cross-sectoral assets to improve health outcomes for citizens in communities shouldering the growing burden of diabetes.

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