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Innovations

Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative: Final Evaluation Report. Innovations

Patient-centered screening was identified as an innovation in Lorain. Staff had been familiar with screening tools that aimed to locate consumers for a particular service provider, such as the mental health agency doing depression screening or the health clinic doing blood pressure screening. The PRIDE screening tool offered a comprehensive assess
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Sustainability

Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative: Final Evaluation Report. Sustainability

During the final Westat site visit, Project ASSIST staff indicated that the Fall River program had been successful in building a collaborative network that will remain as an important community resource. Ongoing work with the Department of Health, Council on Aging and various youth services groups will be maintained going forward. Additionally, th
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Implications for Policy

Using Evidence-Based Constructs to Assess Extent of Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions. Implications for Policy

Policy can be related to identifying and monitoring implementation milestones in several ways: (a) Include expectations about the likely time and supports necessary to meet implementation milestones in funding announcements and interim project deliverables; (b) align performance management and continuous quality improvement (CQI) with implementati
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Strengths Related to Federal Employee Experiences

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. Strengths Related to Federal Employee Experiences

Federal employees gained insights into how local governments in distressed cities operate . A key strength of the approach was that it provided federal staff and agencies a clearer picture of what occurs on the ground in communities facing economic challenges and how local governments in those cities operate. This was especially true in the case
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5.1.1 Strengths of the SC2 Approach from the

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. 5.1.1 Strengths of the SC2 Approach from the Perspective of Cities

Stakeholders in pilot cities described the strengths of the SC2 approach in terms of how it changed their relationship with the federal government and in terms of the outcomes achieved for their cities. They valued the bottom-up approach that replaced the usual federal interactions with cities rooted in compliance and monitoring and encouraged fed
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4.2.1 Federal Agency Leadership’s Commitment to

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. 4.2.1 Federal Agency Leadership’s Commitment to the SC2 Pilot

Agency leadership’s commitment to the pilot was seen in the number of agency staff and amount of staff time dedicated to the pilot, how many members were embedded in cities (vs. working remotely), the level of access the SC2 team and city had to senior-level agency officials, and the leadership’s support for SC2’s bottom-up approach to assis
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A More Direct Connection to Resources

Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report. A More Direct Connection to Resources

City stakeholders also regarded the pilot as a way to facilitate a more direct connection to a range of federal resources and staff. Cities gained a better understanding of federal policies and programs, an increased awareness of federal funding opportunities, and a better understanding of how to more effectively use existing federal funds. The ci
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Treatment

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Treatment

The availability of high-quality diabetes care services is crucial to support persons with diabetes in their efforts to manage the disease and prevent complications. Agencies within HHS support a variety of programs intended to measure and inform the quality of diabetes care in the United States.
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Prevention

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Prevention

Various agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have developed health communication campaigns to raise awareness of diabetes and educate patients, providers, employers, and school personnel about how to prevent or delay complications from diabetes.
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Appendix C: Development of Diabetes: A National

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Appendix C: Development of Diabetes: A National Plan for Action

Prompted by the Secretary’s commitment to disease prevention and health promotion, and efforts of interested individuals and organizations, the creation of Diabetes: A National Plan for Action (hereby referred to as the National Diabetes Action Plan—NDAP) offers an important opportunity to identify and coordinate activities among relevant stak
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Media

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Media

Different kinds of popular media (e.g., television, radio, newspapers) can be used to inform people with diabetes and their caregivers about the importance of quality diabetes treatment and self-management. Specific action steps for working with the media include:
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Communities

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Communities

Community organizations can play a vital role in educating people with diabetes and their family members about the importance of managing diabetes to prevent complications. Various national organizations (e.g., the American Diabetes Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators) may have a local chapter in your area that is working to he
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State, Tribal, and Federal Governments

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. State, Tribal, and Federal Governments

At the state and national levels, government organizations and others are working to improve diabetes detection. Appendix C describes several important ongoing governmental activities for diabetes detection. Other examples of specific action steps include:
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Media

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Media

The media can make an important contribution to early detection of diabetes by helping to educate the public about the risk factors and signs and symptoms of diabetes and encouraging those with risk factors and signs and symptoms to discuss testing with their health care providers. Specific functions the media can perform to enhance diabetes detec
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Schools

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Schools

School personnel play an important role in identifying children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Specific actions schools can take to help in diabetes detection include:
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Action Steps for Detection

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Action Steps for Detection

Knowledge of the risk factors, and signs and symptoms of diabetes and pre-diabetes may help increase awareness about the need to be tested for diabetes. Individuals, family members, friends, health care providers, schools, the media, community organizations, health insurance providers, employers, as well as local, state, and federal governments al
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Media

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Media

The media serve as important partners in promoting diabetes prevention messages. The following are steps that members of the media can take to help spread the word about how to prevent type 2 diabetes:
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Notes

Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the Integration of Human Services and Health Programs under the Affordable Care Act . Notes

1 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 US 1, 132 S.Ct. 2566, 183 L. Ed. 2d 450 (2012).
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Diabetes: A National Plan for Action

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Diabetes: A National Plan for Action

Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tommy G. Thompson has identified diabetes prevention, detection, and treatment as important components of his health agenda. Activities supporting the Secretary’s focus on diabetes include Steps to a HealthierUS: Putting Prevention First (Appendix A), the Diabetes Detection Initiative , and the Sm
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action. Executive Summary

Currently, more than 18 million Americans have diabetes and projections show that the number of persons with the disease will continue to grow without public health intervention. 1 Diabetes consists of a group of diseases in which the body is unable to produce insulin (type 1 diabetes) or makes too little insulin and resists its action (type 2 di

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