The Oklahoma Diabetes Caucus meets monthly at the Oklahoma State Capitol building.
The Oklahoma Legislative Diabetes Caucus is an advocacy group promoting diabetes education and awareness in Oklahoma.
Recent charges of the caucus:
-Oklahoma Health Care Authority and Oklahoma State Department of Health prepared the document, Diabetes Prevention - A Reports to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in January 2017 with help from the Diabetes Prevention Group and the Diabetes Caucus.
A copy of the report can be found here: https://www.ok.gov/health2/documents/Diabetes%20Prevention%20Report.pdf
Goals and Objectives of the Plan:
Goal 1: Reduce the Incidence of Diabetes;
Objective 1.1 Prevent the development of risk factors
Goal 2: Improve Services for Those with Diabetes;
Objectives 2.1 Increase the percentage of people with diabetes who receive on-time recommended preventive services
2.2 Increase the number of SoonerCare members who complete DSME
Goal 3: Prevent Complications from Diabetes
Objectives 3.1 Reduce smoking among people with diabetes
3.2 Reduce preventable hospitalizations from undiagnosed diabetes
Goal 4: Increase Understanding of the Prevalence and Incidence of All Types of Diabetes
Objective 4.1 Expand public health surveillance of all types of diabetes
Key Benchmarks for the Action Plan include
Statewide: Better Food Environments, Easier Access to Physical Activity, Clean Air Environments
People at risk: Screening, Personal Skills, Access to Care
People with Diabetes: Smoking Cessation, Preventive Care to Reduce Complications, Skills for Self-Management
Table 10 of the report offers some evidence-based strategies and preventative services specific to diabetes, scientifically proven beneficial and cost-effective, for diabetes prevention identified by three sources:
- The Guide to Preventive Services www.thecommunityguide.org is developed by an independent, non-federal body of public health and prevention; recommendations are based on systematic reviews of the scientific literature and only evidence-based strategies are included.
- County Health Rankings - What Works www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/what-works-for-health is a joint project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Univ of Wisconsin; systematic and targeted literature reviews were done to determine best practices from peer-reviewed sources; only evidence-based strategies are included.
- US Preventive Services Task Force develops the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ contains recommendations on the use of screening, counseling, immunizations, preventive medicines, and counseling services delivered in primary care settings. Grade A or B services, meaning there is high certainty that the net benefit is moderate to substantial, are included in this report.
We as a coordinating body with the charge from our Grass Roots Coordinator Michelle Bero are working to identify actionable items that we can promote among our AADE members in the state of Oklahoma. The report includes some action items that we are looking at to come up with ideas that we can implement among our group.
Action Steps include:
- promote school-based programs to increase physical activity
- promote bike lanes, playgrounds, sport facilities, walking trails
- encourage multi-component worksite obesity prevention
- provide technical assistance and support for supermarkets and workplace cafeterias to offer healthy and affordable drink and food options
- promote everyday physical activity
- increase referrals to social support and community services
- monitor patients' satisfaction with services with survey
- increase referrals to Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
- promote referral to DPP programs for patients at risk for type 2 diabetes
- among others...
Please take a look at the report and help us to identify actionable item(s) for our membership of AADE members across the state.