What’s New

Click here to access our 2009 Alberta Diabetes Atlas, released on November 12, 2009. The Atlas contains information on the number of people living with diabetes in Alberta, their related health conditions, and the health services they use. New sections include: health care utilization costs of diabetes to the health system, as well as epidemiological trends for children and adolescents.

Click here to view our latest newsletter entitled ‘Health Care Costs for Children and Adults with Diabetes by Alberta Health Zone ’. In it, we have profiled health care costs for people with diabetes across Alberta's five health zones.

The Public Health Agency of Canada recently announced that the ADSS team will receive a second year of funding to continue its active dissemination efforts. The ADSS team's activities include providing primary care network visits, community specific data for evaluation and planning, and continued development of its interactive website, which will launch later this year.

We have recently created a figure that highlights diabetes prevalence in different Alberta communities. It’s interesting to note the Alberta communities with the highest and lowest prevalence. Click here to see more.

On the Move

Active dissemination of ADSS information, numbers and figures is one of the most important aspects this project. Communication of these findings to those who need to know, in a timely way, is something that the ADSS team is continuing to accomplish. After distributing several ADSS reports/publications, electronically and by mail, we knew that we would have even more success in sharing our findings with local stakeholders face-to-face. In January 2008, the ADSS received a grant of over $150,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to further support active community-based dissemination of ADSS information. This funding has supported visits to 7 Alberta Health Regions thus far, and has enabled the ADSS team to reach a variety of audiences, such as policy makers at the regional and provincial levels, health care providers, primary care networks (PCN), the public and different community and advocacy groups. The local information that we have provided these stakeholders facilitates local planning and allocation of resources in order to best serve their diabetic population.

To download PowerPoint presentations of regional or community-specific ADSS presentations, please click on the links below:

Dissemination Presentations

Alberta Regional Health Authorities

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