Diabetes today in the Pacific: reports from the field.

The Pacific Diabetes Today Resource Center (PDTRC) was established in 1998 to assist communities in Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to develop, implement, and evaluate community diabetes prevention and control activities. Between 2000 and 2002, PDTRC provided training and on-going support in 11 communities. This article includes case-study descriptions from each site, suggesting that in the first four years of this five-year project, PDTRC helped Pacific communities increase public awareness about diabetes, expand collaboration and partnership, develop the training capacities of local health leaders, sponsor new activities related to diabetes prevention and control, and secure new resources for their communities.