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supporting public health surveillance & research in massachusetts
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a service that informs community members
about public health efforts to learn more about type 1 diabetes in Massachusetts
Alert for Newton, Wellesley & Weston families
that have had a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes:
In May 2009, school nurses in Newton, Wellesley, and Weston invited families that have had a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to participate in a unique Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) investigation being conducted in collaboration with the Joslin Diabetes Center.
Please be sure the MDPH includes your family in this study, if you have a child who meets the following criteria:
Diagnosis: type 1 diabetes
Born: up to 19 years ago
Residence: Newton, Wellesley, or Weston
MDPH will include all children, regardless of where they have received diabetes care.
MDPH will include your family’s data when you submit a simple 2-page form. Click on the following links to download:
School Nurses’ Cover Letter to Families in Newton, Wellesley & Weston that Have a Child with Type 1 Diabetes (example sent in Weston)
Please mail your completed form to
Suzanne Condon, Associate Commissioner/Director
Bureau of Environmental Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108-4619
Questions? Contact Jan Sullivan, Director, Community Assessment Program, MDPH.
If you know a family that may be eligible for the study, please forward this website.
Every diagnosis needs to be documented at this time.
This investigation could lead to further surveillance & research
and to a better understanding of type 1 diabetes.
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Email Ann Marie Kreft at type1COUNTUSin@comcast.net
