www.alliancefordiabetes.org

The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes II. Advancing Policy and Systems Change

Supported by the Merck Company Foundation

The Alliance seeks to advance

policy and systems change

informed by local experience and

lessons learned on the ground.

How Does the Alliance Contribute?

a. It is an opportunity to understand how to implement

evidence-based interventions at the local level.

b. It allows identification of common features across

diverse communities and at the same time affords

learning in how to adapt to unique situations and

community characteristics

c. It can share information and inform policy at multiple

levels to account for day to day realities of providing

quality care to those most in need.

What policy change

themes are emerging

in the Alliance’s

work?

National Messages

Alliance sites are generating a range of policy related themes:

• Data sharing across institutions is necessary to

identify the most troublesome diabetes cases

[Camden]

• Cultural guides and training are necessary for

providers not of the same ethnicity as clients [Wind

River]

• Community health promoters are needed as official

members of the health care team [Baylor]

National Messages

Alliance sites are generating a range of policy related themes:

• Data sharing must extend beyond internal, medical

systems to independent community practices and

practitioners [Baylor]

• Formal links are needed between health facilities

and community organizations, particularly churches

[Memphis]

• Support is needed in community clinics for diabetes

“champions” to lead disparity reducing interventions

[Chicago]