Key Activities

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✅Develop relationship and share

​✅ Identify gaps in information

✅ Link systems together - go live

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Completion Date

👉March 2025 - March 2026
 

Established Resources and T2D Network Connections

Brief Project Objective
 

• Establish relationship with existing resources (BC Community Health Centres) to enable collaboration on T2D education resources.

• Identify gaps in existing T2D education resources provided by BC CHC that can be filled by T2DN resources.

• Collaborate with partners to incorporate T2DN education resources into their platforms and visa versa.  Discuss the implementation of T2D Network resources in practice.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Create an organizational partnership with BC CHC.

• Create a “package” of resources that can be integrated into their existing resources.

• Ensure the BC population using the BC CHC service have access to the information they need to maximize the educational benefit for patients.

Key Activities

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✅Rural remission toolkit

​✅Culturally specific approaches

✅Support community engagement

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Completion Date

👉March - August 2025
 

IPTN Remission Activities

Brief Project Objective
 

• Create an instructional/educational “Tool Kit” for communities to engage in T2D Remission care.

• Create culturally tailored T2D remission resources for South Asian community members, based on the previously developed “Tool Kit”.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Rural communities across BC will have greater access to IPTN T2D remission resources.

• Remission “Tool Kit” implemented into South Asian project as one of many tools to aid the South Asian community in T2D self-care.

Key Activities

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✅ Phase 1 - Information sharing 

​✅ Phase 2 - Sequenced

✅ Evaluation

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Completion Date

👉June 2025

Mental Health / T2D Prevention Demonstration Project

​Brief Project Objective

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• Strengthen information sharing between  BounceBack (BB) and Small Steps for Big Changes (SSBC), to address T2D prevention and mental health.

• Align intake, referrals, data sharing, and evaluation processes for deeper program integration.

• Develop a shared evaluation framework with key performance indicators (KPIs) and qualitative insights from staff and leadership.

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Expected Results/Impacted Population

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• Increase awareness of both programs through cross-promotion.

• Support individuals in Prince George, Summerland, Oliver, and Grand Forks with mental health and T2D prevention.

• Virtual option to participate rolled out for SSBC across interior and northern BC.

• Establish shared KPIs, data-sharing agreements, and cross-promotional marketing.

• Develop an evaluation framework, focus groups with participants and coaches,  and a demonstration project report.  

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Key Activities

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✅ Consult with Metis community

​✅ Develop appropriate materials

✅ Education support

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Completion Date

👉TBD
 

Metis Education Strategy

Brief Project Objective
 

• Assess and understand the needs of the Métis community regarding T2D awareness, education, and self-care - using a survey tool.

• Develop culturally tailored resources to empower Métis individuals in managing their health, inspired by the T2DN South Asian project.

• Implement a distribution strategy to reach those most in need and evaluate the project's impact.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• First round of in-person surveys completed (~100) November 2025. Digital survey's prepared for community distribution December 2025.

• ​Links made between partner organizations – Metis Federation and IPTN for T2D focused remission opportunities. 

• Collaborate with Metis Federation to develop appropriate T2D support plan. 

• There are just under 100,000 self-identified Metis in BC.  Metis Nation BC has ~25,000 members.  We do not know how many members Metis Federation BC currently has.

Key Activities

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✅ Review & Data Collection
✅ Stakeholder Engagement
✅ Analysis & Recommendations

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Completion Date

👉December 2023

Journal Publication

👉 Journal of Diabetology December 2023

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National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Program Review

Brief Project Objective
 

• Review diabetes prevention programs within the NHS, focusing on Type 2 diabetes (T2D) prevention.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in reducing T2D incidence.

• Assess the structure, reach, and outcomes of lifestyle interventions, community outreach, and healthcare system support.

• Analyze evidence-based strategies for T2D prevention and address diverse population needs.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Evaluate program effectiveness in preventing T2D and improving patient outcomes.

• Assess impact on high-risk groups (e.g., prediabetes, ethnic minorities, socioeconomically deprived).

• Identify success factors like personalized care, patient engagement, and digital tools.

• Provide recommendations to improve program accessibility, equity, and sustainability.

• Understand financial implications and cost-effectiveness of prevention programs.
   

Key Activities

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✅Seed funding grant

​✅Research partnership

​✅Knowledge translation

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Completion Date

👉TBD
 

Research Partnerships

Brief Project Objective
 

• To seek and support projects that address specific research questions related to T2D prevention, self-management, and care through seed funding grants and partnership with research groups.

• ​Establish and strengthen research partnerships with academic and research institutions, healthcare organizations, and community partners to advance collaborative research on T2D prevention and support in the community.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Facilitation of research that directly addresses key knowledge gaps in T2D, fostering innovation and collaboration through funded projects that generate actionable insights and contribute to future initiatives.

• Expanded research collaborations leading to more educational opportunities, joint grant applications, and knowledge translation initiatives.

Key Activities

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✅ Screening clinic prototype

​✅ Develop appropriate materials

✅ Integrate SA perspectives 

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Completion Date

👉March - August 2025

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Journal Publication

👉 Clinical Journal of Diabetes Care and Control Sept 2024​

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South Asian Health Strategy

Brief Project Objective
 

• Support a community T2D screening initiative run by a partner pharmacy to increase screening availability in the South Asian Surrey community, and develop South Asian T2D care knowledge within the T2DN.

• Culturally tailored materials developed to increase the agency of South Asian people to self-care. Completed in conjunction with IPTN.

• Ensure South Asian patient partner engagement in Stigma project.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Community screening session successfully conducted at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in conjunction with CINS, Naz’s Pharmacy, UBC Newcomer Health Hub volunteers, UBC South Asian Health Club medical student volunteers, and a Surrey North Delta Division of Family Practice patient attachment specialist.

• ​T2D Network staff attended the session and are formalizing learnings for future sessions.

• ​Expand screening session model to other jurisdictions (Metro Vancouver) in conjunction with newly acquired Pharmacy contact.

• Almost 474,000 individuals of South Asian descent in BC.  T2D culturally tailored resources fill an identified gap in the self-care resources available for South Asians.

Key Activities

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✅Secure partnerships

​✅ Establish relevant T2D data set

✅ Assess impact and monitor

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Completion Date

👉April - May 2025
 

T2D Data Set Development

Brief Project Objective
 

• Increase access, quantity, and accuracy of T2D focused data within BC.

• Incorporate data into T2DN initiative evaluations to more accurately establish performance.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Indirectly supports all projects the T2DN engages in.

• Creates a direct performance measure for T2DN projects.

Key Activities

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✅T2D Network education

​✅ Increase awareness

✅ Membership drive

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Completion Date

👉Ongoing
 

T2D Network Development

Brief Project Objective
 

• Patient orientated newsletter completed and November dispersal scheduled.

• Vodcast recorded and promoted with Dr. Shazhan Amed covering innovations in diabetes care including the integration of health information to improve patient outcomes.

• Developing marketing plan in conjunction with sponsored NGO ad services to increase material distribution.

• T2D focused social media plan being executed in November (Diabetes Awareness Month) with multiple collaborations incorporated.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Improve T2D prevention and support knowledge for individuals and caregivers in BC.

• ​Strengthen knowledge-sharing among healthcare providers, researchers, and experts through accessible educational content.

• Conduct patient engagement meeting to understand what gaps may be present.

• Investigate grant opportunities to advance T2D specific initiatives.

Key Activities

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✅Patient/provider engagement

​✅Website redesign

✅ Comms and marketing
 

Completion Date

👉Feb/March 2025

Journal Publication
👉 Publication in the Journal of Medical Research and Innovation 

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T2D Network Website Refresh

Brief Project Objective
 

• Establish patient and provider advisory groups to guide website design, resource needs, and cultural relevance.

• Redesign a user-centered, culturally inclusive website to improve access to credible resources, coordination, and self-management support for individuals at risk of or living with T2D in BC.

• Increase awareness of the T2D Network as a resource hub through targeted email and social media campaigns.

Expected Results/Impacted Population
 

• Integrate patient and provider feedback into website design and resources.

• Develop a report on engagement insights for future projects.

• Enhance user engagement through increased website traffic, positive feedback, and improved resource access for T2D prevention and management.

• Boost utilization of T2D Network resources through higher website visits, social media interactions, and feedback from healthcare professionals and individuals with T2D.

• Persona's website page launched for personalized patient navigation.

• Stigma against diabetes resources incorporated into new webpage.