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National Agenda for Public Health Action:
A National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health
Appendix B: Criteria For Selecting Priorities
Criteria for Selecting Recommendations
- Is the recommendation likely to have a high public health impact by
- Preventing or delaying diabetes among women whenever possible;
- Allowing for early diagnosis and appropriate management of diabetes
for women across the life stages;
- Preventing, delaying, or minimizing the occurrence of complications
from diabetes; or
- Providing the needed family or community support to prevent or delay
diabetes and its complications?
- Will the recommendation improve (or contribute to) access to and quality
of diabetes care?
- Will the recommendation reduce (or contribute to the reduction of) disability
and complications from diabetes and improve quality of life?
- Will the recommendation address primary prevention of diabetes-related
burden in high-risk populations (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, individuals
who are obese, individuals with low socioeconomic status)?
- Will the recommendation lead or contribute to sustainable and integrated
changes that include short-term and long-term outcomes?
- Do proven, effective strategies exist to implement the recommendations
with available resources?
Minimum Criteria for Selecting Strategies for a Recommendation
- Are there sufficient data and evidence to define the extent of the problem,
or evidence of efficacy or effectiveness, or does the strategy help
address gaps in scientific knowledge?
- Are there some strategies that give guidance at the national level?
- Can some of the strategies be accomplished early on, with positive short-term
outputs within 1-2 years?
- Are the strategies measurable, with evidence that they can be achieved?
- Are the strategies feasible to implement with limited resources?
- Do the strategies provide guidance to the targeted agencies on what steps
need to be taken for action?
- Do the strategies reflect collaboration among various organizations?
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