 Minnesota communities collaborate to improve health, reduce impacts of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes
Minnesota’s Action Plan to Address Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke and Diabetes 2035 (MN 2035 Plan) lays out detailed strategies and example actions that when implemented at the institutional, local, regional, state and tribal levels will save lives, reduce health disparities and improve health and well-being.
The action plan was created by more than 90 organizations and Minnesota communities most impacted by cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes. Unlike previous plans, the MN 2035 Plan combines cardiovascular disease and diabetes to create a single action plan. Combining these strongly related chronic diseases into a single plan will have a greater effect on the effort to reduce the occurrence and impacts of both diseases.
The MN 2035 Plan consists of 10 priority outcomes focused on prevention, disease management and acute treatment. Each priority is accompanied by a series of strategies designed to help achieve those outcomes. It focuses on three overall goals to better prevent, manage and treat diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke, especially within those communities facing the highest rates of those diseases.
▪ Elimination of racial, geographic, and other health inequities that lead to higher rates of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes for certain populations in Minnesota.
▪ Removal of barriers to good health and well-being.
▪ Increased access to affordable and culturally appropriate prevention strategies, clinical services and self-management options for those who have, or are at risk of experiencing, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
A full list of participating organizations, as well as a full copy of the plan and the links to the ongoing Minnesota success stories, can be found at the MN 2035 Plan website at https://www.health.state.mn.us/2035plan.
Steele County Public Health will be presenting a 3-part series over the coming months, in our newsletter, to discuss the MN 2035 Plan, and how our Home Care department is working to create awareness and driving change towards the prevention and management of these chronic diseases within our community!
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