Diabetes Projects
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health
Gloria
Beckles, left, and Patricia Thompson-Reid, co-editors of Diabetes
& Women's Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective,
prepare for women's task force meeting. |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American
Diabetes Association (ADA), the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials ASTHO) cosponsor the National Public Health
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health. The initiative has three phases:
a report, an action plan, and a national conference.
For more information, call 1-877-CDC-DIAB or E-mail diabetes@cdc.gov.
Women and Diabetes Listserv
The WOMENDIABETES-LIST listserv is open to professionals with an interest in diabetes and women's health. Subscribers will have a mechanism for sharing ideas among colleagues, improving communication on this topic, increasing collaboration and partnerships, and disseminating information. We are particularly interested in maintaining this listserv to advance the efforts of the National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health.
Scheduled events
October 18-19, 2004: The National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health is sponsoring a Partners’ Update Conference. Initiative
partners will present programs, activities, and research that they are conducting on diabetes and women’s health issues. They will also emphasize how these projects are aligned with the implementation of strategies within the National Agenda for Public Health Action, an action plan designed to guide the nation
with addressing diabetes and women’s health issues. For more information about the
conference, please go to
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/conferences/index.htm.
Past events/Publications
October 21, 2003: A Call-to-Action Conference will be held in Washington, DC, for
A National Agenda for Action: The National Public Health
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health. Representatives of public, private, and volunteer organizations may E-mail
diabetes@cdc.gov for more information.
March 25, 2003: CDC and its partners hosted a
press conference in Washington, DC, in conjunction with ADA's American
Diabetes Alert Day. The purpose of the press conference was to raise
awareness about diabetes and to launch
A National Agenda for Action: The National Public Health
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health, which is an action plan on diabetes and women's health. The event
was held at the Humphrey Building.
HHS News Release, March 25, 2003:
HHS Issues National Plan to Reduce Impact of Diabetes on Women: Effort Launched On Annual American Diabetes Alert Day
July 2002: CDC and cosponsors held a working summit with representatives
from national organizations from the public, private, and voluntary sectors.
Working summit participants identified recommendations of highest priority
and strategies for action, which was used to develop
A National Agenda for Action: The National Public Health
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health.
June 2002: The group published the Interim
Report: Proposed Recommendations for Action in preparation for
A National Agenda for Action: The National Public Health
Initiative on Diabetes and Women's Health.
February 22, 2002: MMWR article published:
Beckles GLA, Thompson-Reid PE. Socioeconomic
status of women with diabetes—United States, 2000. CDC Morbidity
and Mortality Report 2002 Feb 22;51(07):147-8, 159.
February 21, 2002: CDC sponsored a telebriefing on women and diabetes.
November 2001: Radio broadcast on women and diabetes aired on National
Public Radio.
November 1-2, 2001: Cosponsors convened a meeting in Washington, DC, with
representatives from almost 50 governmental and private organizations. This
group identified needed strategies, policies, surveillance, and research to
improve the lives of women diagnosed with or at risk for diabetes.
October 22, 2001: Press Release—CDC to Convene Task Force on Diabetes and Women:
New Report Defines Diabetes as a Women's Health Issue.
March 2001: CDC published the report Diabetes
& Women's Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective
( PDF—1.59 MB - Learn
more about PDFs).** This is the first major public health publication to address the unique and serious impact diabetes has on
women throughout their lives and to address the public health implications
of these issues.
Related links
CDC Fact Sheet: Diabetes and Women Report
Heart Disease and Women,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
National Rural Women's Health Conference*
National Women's Health Information Center
Office on Women's Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Take Time to Care About Diabetes Campaign, Food and Drug AdministrationWISEWOMAN — Well-Integrated
Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation
This program is administered through CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical
Activity. The WISEWOMAN program provides low-income, under insured and
uninsured women aged 40-64 years with chronic disease risk factor screening,
lifestyle intervention, and referral services in an effort to prevent
cardiovascular disease.
Women and Diabetes*
Radio Broadcast
 Radio
broadcast (RealPlayer file - 1 KB) aired November 2001
A text translation is available.
Ted Vigodsky, health reporter, WABE-FM*
(National Public Radio news), and producer and host of Science in Your
Life programs, interviews CDC diabetes officials and a highly successful
athlete with diabetes.
- Paralympics gold medalist Pam Fernandes, who has had diabetes most
of her life, discusses the challenges and rewards of athletic competition.
- CDC's Diabetes Program Director Frank Vinicor, MD, MPH, talks about
the great strides in diabetes care in the last decade.
- Deputy Director Kathy Rufo, MPH, explains the National Public
Health Initiative on Diabetes
and Women's Health.
- Coeditors of Diabetes and
Women’s Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective
( PDF—1.59 MB
- Learn
more about PDFs.),**
Patricia Thompson-Reid, MAT, MPH, and Gloria Beckles, MD, outline their
research findings.
Further information on this radio broadcast is available on the Emory
University Science in Your Life Web site.*
* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service
to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization
by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC
is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web
pages found at this link.
**
Bookmarks and thumbnails are available within the PDF file.
We are currently unable to provide an html version of this book. If you
can't open the PDF file, please call toll free 1-877-CDC-DIAB for assistance
or to order a copy of the printed book.
For more information, call toll-free 1-877-CDC-DIAB or E-mail diabetes@cdc.gov.
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