Changing the course of diabetes charting remarkable progress
Diabetes is a nationwide public health problem, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are disproportionately affected. In 1997, Congress established the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) to provide grants for diabetes treatment and prevention services to Indian Health Servic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Rockville, MD?]
Indian Health Service, Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
[2020], 2020
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Diabetes is a nationwide public health problem, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are disproportionately affected. In 1997, Congress established the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) to provide grants for diabetes treatment and prevention services to Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian (I/T/U) health programs across the United States. Current funding for the SDPI is $150 million per year. SDPI grant program sites are successfully implementing evidence-based and community driven strategies to prevent and treat diabetes. This sixth interim report to Congress highlights the SDPI's ongoing and outstanding contributions to improvements in diabetes care and health outcomes for AI/AN people |
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| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (9 pages) illustrations, map, portrait |