Diabetes Initiative
December 1, 2012 | Report
This program was a 30-month, multi-site initiative to improve diabetes self-management and to determine whether self-management principles could be implemented effectively in real-world settings.
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Being Healthy Now Matters Later to Moms and Babies
November 2, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Pamela K. Xaverius reflects on her poster presentation at the American Public Health Association annual meeting.
Trust and Communication Improve Diabetes Outcomes in African Americans
October 29, 2012 | Story
A grantee highlights pioneering work on the cost-effectiveness and preventive value of high-quality relationships between doctor and patient at the 2012 APHA meeting.
Hypertension Control in Ambulatory Care Patients with Diabetes
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Controlling hypertension is important for people with diabetes yet a majority of patients studied in diverse primary care settings do not have their blood pressure under control according to the American Diabetes Association recommended level of 130/80 mm Hg.
Diabetes Delivers Economic 'Health Shock'
February 6, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholar finds that young adults with diabetes have higher high school dropout rates and lower lifetime earnings than peers without the disease.
Faces of Public Health: Dr. John Buse
January 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
John Buse, MD, PhD, director of the Diabetes Care Center and chief of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was just recently named the new chair of the National Diabetes Education Progr ...
Diabetes Also Takes an Economic Toll
January 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new study in the journal Health Affairs has found that young people with diabetes are more likely to drop out of high school and could expect to earn about $160,000 less than those without diabetes over their lifetimes. That’s on top of medical ex ...
Qualitative Evaluation of a Mobile Phone and Web-Based Collaborative Care Intervention for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
For patients with chronic illness such as type 2 diabetes, the day-to-day management of their health can be a challenge.
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
April 18, 2011 | Program Result
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
Nurse Faculty Scholar Explores Ways to Improve Latino Health
August 29, 2011 | Story
Maren Coffman develops an interactive teaching method that helps Latinos with diabetes access care and manage their disease.