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March
7, 2006
Little Rock --
The Arkansas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program at the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health, was recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the Program Director’s meeting in Atlanta for achieving a Healthy People 2010 objective for diabetes.
The Healthy People 2010 objective was to increase the percentage of persons with diabetes who receive two or more glycosylated hemoglobin (A1c) measures in a year to 65 percent. On a mid-period evaluation of the states conducted by the CDC, Arkansas’ rate was found to be 67.4 percent, surpassing the Healthy People 2010 objective. The CDC presented a ‘Certificate of Recognition’ to the Arkansas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program at the Program Directors meeting in Atlanta on March 1, 2006 for this accomplishment.
The Interim Diabetes Section Chief, Dr. Appathurai Balamurugan MD, MPH said that, “Our disease management efforts were lauded by the CDC at the meeting, particularly our efforts through diabetes collaborative and diabetes self-management education programs. We still have other indicators to improve like the professional foot exam and annual dilated eye exams for people with diabetes in Arkansas. The Diabetes Prevention and Control Program is working with its partners to improve in these areas as well.”
To learn more about the Arkansas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program and its activities, visit the Division of Health website at
http://www.healthyarkansas.com/services/services_diabetes.html.
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