Preventing Diabetes in Atlantic Canada. 2000.

The report of an environmental scan on diabetes prevention intended to support the implementation of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy.
By Susan Lilley
43 pages
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Description

Preventing Diabetes in Atlantic Canada is a 43-page report of an environmental scan on diabetes prevention that was commissioned by Health Canada's Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Region, to support the implementation of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy in the spring of 2000. The purpose of the report was to provide a foundation for planning strategies for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes. The report examines Atlantic Canada data relating to diabetes and describes major initiatives that contribute to its primary prevention. It is a tool for stimulating reflection, discussion and debate about strategies for action in the region.

Section one describes the population health approach to diabetes. Section two, Current Status, provides a statistical picture of diabetes within the Atlantic Region, while section three, Current Prevention Activity, describes the wide range of provincial or regional initiatives that contribute to preventing diabetes. Concerted Action, the final section, integrates the information included in the first three sections and identifies the approach needed to launch a serious concerted strategy for preventing diabetes:

• population-wide programming
• intersectoral collaboration
• action on root causes
• multiple strategies and sustained effort over time
• evidence-based planning.

The report concludes that the population health approach to preventing diabetes is a new way of thinking for many people in the region, and that a successful prevention strategy will require concentrated efforts to increase the capacity of organizations and individuals to work in collaboration with other sectors and to create environments and conditions that encourage healthy choices.

Credits

Preventing Diabetes in Atlantic Canada was produced by Susan Lilley for the Atlantic Regional Office of the Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada. It was produced under the guidance of the Atlantic Region Federal/Provincial Diabetes Committee which includes:

• Andrea Aucoin, Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada
• Allan Corbett, Newfoundland Department of Health and Community Services
• Peggy Dunbar, Diabetes Care Program of Nova Scotia
• Gisèle McCaie-Burke, New Brunswick Department of Health and Wellness
• Jane Oram, Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada
• Laraine Poole, Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Social Services.

Availability

This publication is available for download in English (143 KB) and French (167 KB). You will require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For more information on obtaining copies of the document, call or write

Public Health Agency of Canada
Suite 1525, 15th Floor, Maritime Centre
1505 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3Y6
Tel: (902) 426-2700
Fax: (902) 426-9689
E-mail: atlantic-atlantique@phac-aspc.gc.ca