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March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study investigated whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression report worse communication with their physicians than their counterparts without depressive symptoms and which domains of communication seem most affected.
June 12, 2008 | Journal Article
This study shows that patients with type 2 diabetes who use insulin will not necessarily gain more weight than those diabetes patients who are not taking insulin.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Physician referrals for nutrition and exercise counseling services for diabetic patients do not appear to vary by race of patient. However, referral rates are generally low (19% for exercise and 37% for nutrition, in this study) and should be bolstered to help patients modify lifestyle factors related to diabetes risk.
September 5, 2008 | Toolkit/Story
Section 5: Case Studies
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This study examined the impact that race has on the prevalence of self-reported diabetes for Hispanic and non-Hispanic people. Data from the National Health Information Survey (NHIS) was used to investigate how race/ethnicity was related to self-rep ...
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The question motivating this research was to assess whether the same goals for controlling type 2 diabetes in the general population should be used in controlling the disease in older patients. If the answer was no, what criteria should be used to a ...
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study examined the association between education and the prevalence of diabetes in U.S. adults and whether this relation differs by race/ethnicity.
October 27, 2006 | Journal Article
Using the Nurses' Health Study II, the authors of this study prospectively examined correlations between stressful work characteristics and type 2 diabetes in more than 62,000 women aged 29 to 46.
December 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The University of Massachusetts Medical School created a videotaped soap-opera-style drama for use in interventions designed to increase physical activity and improve diets among low-literate and illiterate Hispanic individuals.
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Diabetes care is a critical issue for federally funded community health center delivery sites that provide care for 11 million medically underserved Americans. In 1998, the Bureau of Primary Health Care began a six-year Health Disparities Collaborat ...