Citation
(2001), "Funding for regional and national diabetes initiatives in Canada", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 14 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2001.06214eab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Funding for regional and national diabetes initiatives in Canada
Funding for regional and national diabetes initiatives in Canada
In April Health Minister Allan Rock and Justice Minister Anne McLellan announced that the Government of Canada is to contribute close to $12 million for regional and national diabetes initiatives.
The initiatives include:
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National Diabetes Surveillance System: $10.8 will go to help further build capacity at the national, provincial and community levels to monitor the human and economic burden of diabetes in the Canadian population, including among Aboriginal peoples. According to Minister McLellan 90 to 95 per cent of all diabetes cases in Canada are Type II diabetes and many of these are preventable. Monitoring is an important underpinning of Canada's Diabetes Strategy and is particularly important in gathering the necessary information to help prevent the disease. This surveillance system will help to support planning and evaluating diabetes prevention and control strategies and inform health policy related to diabetes and chronic diseases in general.
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University of Alberta – $800,000 to develop the Alberta First Nations SLICK Project to screen for limbs, eye sight, cardiovascular and kidney complications using mobile diabetes clinics. The project will deploy two vans equipped with advanced diabetes information and communications technologies to all 44 Alberta First Nations communities.
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Dairy Nutrition Council of Alberta – $107,000 for two projects: the first, to develop public service television announcements aimed at preventing diabetes through healthy eating and active living messages; the second, to enhance the health of Alberta students by ensuring appropriate and reliable nutrition and active living resources are available through the collaboration of resource developers with health professionals, government and industry representatives.
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Canadian Diabetes Association – $35,000 to educate Albertans at high risk of developing Type II diabetes on the modifiable risk factors of diabetes and to increase the profile of diabetes prevention and treatment in the Calgary area.
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Boys and Girls Club Community Services – $42,000 to develop a prevention framework for addressing obesity in children in the Calgary area through the involvement of key stakeholders in education, active living and community members impacted by diabetes or obesity.
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Dietitians of Canada – Alberta and territories – $85,000 to consult with key stakeholders to identify the issues and challenges that need to be addressed for the prevention and management of diabetes in Alberta.