title: MDON: a network of community partnerships.
abstract: This model for strengthening diabetes care in communities teams the public health system with the professional and lay community to address prevention, early detection, and treatment of diabetes. This article describes how the Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network (MDON) develops local, regional, and statewide partnerships to increase professional and public knowledge and to improve care delivery for this chronic and complex disease.
authors.affiliation: U.P. Diabetes Outreach Network, Marquette, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Constance
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hare
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stys
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: May-Aldrich
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D019058:Community Networks; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003625:Data Collection; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D012648:Self Care; D013997:Time Factors