Montana Diabetes Project
Montana Diabetes Project
Public Health & Safety Division
Cogswell Building
1400 Broadway
PO Box 202951
Helena, MT 59620
(406) 444-4542
FAX: (406) 444-1861
The Montana Diabetes Project (MDP) received initial funding from the CDC in 1995. A Statewide diabetes control plan was developed in 1996 by a broad-based coalition of Montana providers, professionals, and persons with diabetes to direct the activities of the MDP.
The burden of diabetes can be measured in terms of death, disability, health care utilization and expenditures. CDC has provided funding through March 29, 2009, to work on the following objectives:
* Define, monitor and disseminate information about the burden of diabetes in Montana.
* Develop, implement and evaluate new approaches to reduce the burden of diabetes and its complications in Montana, including health systems approaches, community-based approaches, and health communications efforts.
* Coordinate existing resources to reduce the burden of diabetes in Montana through collaborative programs and maintenance of Montana Diabetes Project Advisory Coalition.
* The MDP and University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) have developed a Diabetes Quality Care Monitoring System (DQCMS) which is being implemented in primary care practices in Montana to monitor diabetes quality care indicators.
* The MDP has implemented the Quality Diabetes Education Initiative; a statewide program to increase the number of persons and programs providing diabetes education in Montana.
* The MDP is working collaboratively with Native Americans on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and in Missoula to develop culturally sensitive, community-based diabetes programs.
* The MDP co-sponsors an annual statewide professional diabetes education conference.
* The MDP maintains an active diabetes advisory coalition that meets quarterly.
* The MDP works collaboratively with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Montana American Association of Diabetes Educators (MAADE) in Montana on statewide diabetes education and awareness activities.
