| 2002 |
MAAB Meetings (May & December)
RAC In-Service (November)
MARRTC Town Hall Meeting (November)
Population-Based Lupus Registry Planning Grant Awarded (October)
Lupus Education Grant Awarded (October, DHHS,OWH)
Poster Presentation @ National Chronic Disease Conference (February/March)
Arthritis Action Plan (State Plan - Completed) |
| 2001 |
Arthritis BRFSS (Core Module & State Added Questions)
State Planning Committee (March)
Burden of Arthritis Report (Released)
Arthritis Action Plan (State Plan - In Progress)
Outcome Based Contract Development for RACs
Establishment of RACs and Single Feasible Source Vendors
Passage of Lupus Legislation
MAAB Meetings (June and December)
Memorandum of Understanding between Arthritis Foundation (Eastern & Western
Chapters), Regional Arthritis Centers, and the MAOP |
| 2000 |
Grant Staff Hired (Contract w/St. Louis University School
of Public Health)
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Programs Merged
Strategic Planning (January and June)
Regional Arthritis Centers/Arthritis Foundation/MAOP Meeting (June)
MAAB Meetings (June, July, and November)
Regional Arthritis Center In-Service/Retreat (September)
Juvenile Arthritis Service Coordination In-Service (September) |
| 1999 |
Breakout Session ACR: Outreach to Minority Populations (October)
Arthritis Monograph: Prevalence of Activity Limitation and Arthritis Among
African Americans in the City of Saint Louis, Kansas City and the Bootheel Region
of Missouri
Arthritis Questions on BRFSS
Successful Grant Application to CDC
MAAB Meetings (April and December)
Poster Presentation @ CDC Arthritis Grantees Kick-Off Conference (September) |
| 1998 |
Juvenile Arthritis Poster Session (Park City, UT)
Pediatric Study Group ACR: Missouri Juvenile Arthritis Care Coordination Program
DCDPHP/BCDC Arthritis Program Strategic Plan
Regional Arthritis Center In-Service (December)
Regional Arthritis Center Program Survey (Coordinators and Participants)
MAAB Meeting (May and June)
Long Range Planning Committee Meeting (June) |
| 1997 |
Funding Allocated for Osteoporosis Program
Osteoporosis Grant for Workshop
Osteoporosis Grant for Establishment of Coalition
Osteoporosis Coalition Members Recruited & First Meeting Held
Regional Arthritis Center In-Service/Retreat (October and December)
MAAB Meeting (May)
RAC RFP Issued (7 Centers recommended for funding with equal distribution of
funds)
Increase in Arthritis General Revenue Funding ($50,000 split evenly among RACS) |
| 1996 |
Arthritis Questions on BRFSS
Passage of Osteoporosis Legislation
Arthritis Program Strategic Plan Written (CDPHP/BCDC)
Juvenile Arthritis Care Coordination Meetings (March and September)
MAAB Meeting (May) |
| 1995 |
Juvenile Arthritis Initiative funded by Division of Maternal
Child and Family Health
MAAB Meeting (May) |
| 1994 |
Arthritis Questions on BRFSS
Office of Surveillance Research and Evaluation (OSRE) Presentation at BRFSS Conference
RAC RFP Issued (8 centers recommended for funding. Funding allocated equally
except St. Louis region, which received a 1.5 share, split between Washington
University and Saint Louis University.)
MAAB Meeting (May) |
| 1993 |
Midwest Regional Juvenile Arthritis Family Conference
Task Force on Arthritis in the Working Years
Long Range Planning Committee
Arthritis Questions on BRFSS
MAAB Meeting (May) |
| 1992 |
Develop Arthritis Questions (BRFSS)
Program Coordinator Served on governmental Affairs Committee - Arthritis Foundation
Eastern Chapter
Breakout Session - ACR Scientific Conference
MAAB Meeting |
| 1991 |
RAC RFP Issued (8 centers recommended for funding. Centers
funded competitively.)
Missouri Task Force - Juvenile Arthritis
MAAB Meeting (April) |
| 1990 |
Midwest Regional Juvenile Arthritis Family Conference
Missouri Medicine Article: Implications of a Statewide Survey of Arthritis
in Missouri (March)
MAAB Meeting |
| 1989 |
MAAB Meeting (April) |
| 1988 |
Long Range Planning Committees (Health Care/Insurance; Government
Affairs; Long Range Planning; membership; Regional Arthritis
Centers; Public Information)
Missouri Medicine Article: The Missouri Arthritis Program Legislation, Implementation
and Funding of a Regional Arthritis Centers Program
RAC RFP Issued (8 centers recommended for funding. Funding allocated competitively.)
Report Released: Arthritis: The Problem, The Status, The Plan
MAAB Meeting |
| 1987 |
Statewide Arthritis Survey: Attitudes, Knowledge, and
Perceptions
Regional Arthritis Centers
MAAB Meeting |
| 1986 |
Regional Arthritis Centers
MAAB Meeting |
| 1985 |
Funding Allocated to Missouri Arthritis Program
Appointment of the Missouri Arthritis Advisory Board (MAAB)
Regional Arthritis Center RFP Written (Seeking bids for Regional Arthritis Centers
(RACs); Institutions w/interest in rheumatology specialty care; multidisciplinary
approach w/community based outreach - a) awareness to increase knowledge, seek
treatment, early appropriate treatment and self-management, b) Services for people
with arthritis and their families - newsletters, literature, individual education,
support groups, Arthritis Self-Help Course, Fibromyalgia Self-Help Course, Chronic
Disease Self-help Course, People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE), Aquatics,
Good Moves Missouri, Seminars/Forums; c) professional education - CME and Allied
Health. |
| 1984 |
Passage of Arthritis Legislation (establish program, board,
etc.) |
| 1980 |
Three-Volume Report of the Missouri Task Force on Arthritis |
| 1976 |
Missouri Arthritis Task Force Formed - Broad based citizens
coalition including health care professional |
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