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National Agenda for Public Health Action:
A National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health
Appendix E: Template For Operational Plan
RECOMMENDATION: Create positive, rewarding
forums that promote healthy eating and physical activity among adolescent females
at risk for type 2 diabetes.
Strategy: Partner with existing organizations (nonprofit
organizations, government agencies, universities, businesses, etc.), youth advocates
within those organizations, and media outlets to deliver forums on a national
basis. Develop incentive-based systems to attract and retain participants.
| Timeline |
Activity/Effect |
Evaluation Measure |
Key Partners |
| 0 – 12 months |
Conduct focus groups with young girls to determine structure, content,
and delivery channels (e.g., how best to deliver nutrition messages and
support).
Contact key partners and solicit their buy-in to the forum concept. |
Focus groups conducted
Structure, content, and delivery channels for forums designed based on
focus group data
Significant number of key partners supporting forum concept |
Women on the Run
Title Nine sports
Athletic shoe companies
Lady Footlocker
Proctor and Gamble
Feminine hygiene product manufacturers
“Totally for You”
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| 1-3 years |
Develop forum template and pilot test it.
Revise template.
Launch template nationally. |
Number of pilot sites
Feasibility of pilot
Extent to which incentive system encouraged action
Increased involvement of girls in forums |
| 3-5 years |
Expand forums
Conduct national survey of female adolescents and key partners to broadly
evaluate the forum’s success. |
Increased number of forums
Positive results from national survey |
APPENDIX E: TEMPLATE FOR OPERATIONAL PLAN
RECOMMENDATION: Work with health insurers
and policy makers to expand coverage and reimbursement policies to include prevention
services for women throughout their life span.
Strategy: Promote federal laws and programs so that all women
have adequate coverage for preventive and other services.
| Timeline |
Activity/Effect |
Evaluation Measure |
Key Partners |
| 1-3 years |
Identify champions on Capitol Hill to support activities around coverage
for the uninsured, working poor, and middle-aged women.
Identify other sympathetic policy makers.
Encourage coalitions in strategic lobbying efforts. |
Increased number of bills introduced on this issue and/or other legislative
discussions and opportunities
Increased numbers of supportive policy makers |
Health care advocacy groups
Women, ethnic, faith-based, and other nontraditional federal programs
Men’s groups
Grassroots community-based organizations
State and local policy makers
Federal legislators |
| 3-5 years |
Identify pilots and models for health coverage of uninsured women.
Explore feasibility of coverage expansion for particular health issues.
Expand and maintain efforts for coverage of working uninsured women.
Broaden issue base and coalitions to underinsured women at risk or with
diabetes regarding preventive and other services coverage. |
Passage and implementation of federal legislation and programs to address
these needs
Increased numbers of women with health coverage |
| 5 years and beyond |
Continue to develop models and expand coverage. |
Increased passage and implementation of federal legislation and programs
to address these needs
Increased numbers of women with health coverage |
Start dates (T0) and timeframes for T1, T2, and T3 will vary by strategy
and/or activity.
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