Kansas Diabetes Action Council: Improving Strategic Planning Processes to Develop/Implement the Kansas Diabetes Plan

Objective:This session will describe the efforts and results of the Kansas Diabetes Action Council’s (KDAC) process for developing and implementing the 2008-2013 Kansas Diabetes Plan. The session will also include examples of tangible products developed by KDAC during the implementation of the Kansas Diabetes Plan.

Methods:KDAC was formed in the early 1980s to address the problem of diabetes and its complications in Kansas. From its inception, a key priority for KDAC was to conduct a strategic planning process followed by developing and implementing a state diabetes plan. That process waxed and waned over many years and, as a result, the Kansas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP), as KDAC’s convener/facilitator, conducted an assessment of the process in 2006.

Results:Refocusing on assessing and improving KDAC’s strategic planning process resulted in the final development and implementation of the Kansas Diabetes Plan. KDAC is in its 2^nd year of implementing the Plan and has produced tangible products/outcomes resulting from the goals of the Plan. Some examples include: a Diabetes Primary Prevention Community Intervention Toolkit; Community Diabetes Awareness Event Toolkit; Diabetes Legislative Day Plan; Diabetes Media Plan; Diabetes Primary Prevention Presentation Toolkit for healthcare professionals, and Resolutions supporting the Kansas Diabetes Plan introduced in the House and Senate of the Kansas Legislature.  

Conclusion:Assessing state advisory council’s partnerships, strategic planning processes and implementing improvement strategies can lead to an energized membership implementing successful state plans.