Diabetes Council Advocacy Toolbox
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Diabetes State Success Stories: A Valuable Advocacy Tool!
Why are state success stories on diabetes important? They ...
- help policymakers understand programs that work.
- show decision-makers that resources are well-invested.
- are examples for all state and territories to use in developing policies or designing interventions to address diabetes.
Examples of state success stories featuring advocacy efforts:
- Creating a Mandate for Statewide Coordinated School Health
Tennessee Department of Education
- Advocacy for Diabetes Care Assures Coverage for Needed Supplies
Utah Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
- Neighborhood Forms Coalitions to Fight Diabetes
New York Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
- California Raises Osteoporosis Awareness through Personal Stories
California Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
- Colorado Voters Amend State Constitution to Fund Chronic Disease Programs
Colorado Department of Health and Environment
Submit a State Success Story
NACDD makes the success story process easy for states. The NACDD Success Story team will create the story using information you provide on the submission form, over the phone or from an existing document with details of your program results. No need for you or your staff to fit information into our one-page, bulleted format – our writers do that for you.
States can submit their success stories in several ways:
1 - Complete the State Success Story Submission Form -or-
2 - Submit an existing document with details of your program to the contact below -or-
3 - Schedule an interview with the success story team to gather the story details through the contact below
The Success Stories team writes the story, gets more details from you, if needed, and sends you the story for review before posting to our web site. For a description of the content of a success story, go to Success Story Description
For More Information
Contact Peggy Yen at Yen@chronicdisease.org
