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Prevention of diabetes and its complications: key goals in Finland [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:05
The 10-year National Diabetes Programme in Finland (DEHKO) has been up and running for 6 years. The formal evaluations carried out to date indicate that the Programme continues to have a positive impact in a number of areas of diabetes care in Finland. Moreover, prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications remain the principle objectives of DEHKO. Timo Saaristo and Leena Etu-Seppälä report on FIN-D2D (2003-2007), the DEHKO project to implement primary prevention of type 2 diabetes in five regions – potentially affecting 1.5 million people.
Issue: 
Volume 51 | Issue 4 [2]
Author: 
Etu-Seppälä Leena [3]
Saaristo Timo [4]
Attachment: 
article_474_en.pdf [5]
Keywords: 
DEHKO, prevention, lifestyle intervention, positive feedback, population-based-strategy
Section: 
Health Delivery [6]
Theme: 
Healthcare costs [7]
Lifestyle interventions [8]
National diabetes programmes [9]
People with diabetes [10]
Prevention and screening [11]
Psychological issues [12]
Type 2 diabetes [13]
Nutrition [14]
Diabetes treatment [15]
Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/prevention-of-diabetes-and-its-complications-key-goals-in-finland

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/prevention-of-diabetes-and-its-complications-key-goals-in-finland
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/06/12/01/volume-51-issue-4
[3] http://www.idf.org/authors/422/etu-seppaelae-leena
[4] http://www.idf.org/authors/421/saaristo-timo
[5] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_474_en.pdf
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[7] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/161
[8] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/158
[9] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/156
[10] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/177
[11] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/176
[12] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/175
[13] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/153
[14] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/151
[15] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/148