Nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers have diabetes.
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The Campaign has gathered links and data that can assist health care providers, community leaders, faith leaders, and policy makers in helping New Yorkers prevent and manage diabetes and its complications. To access these resources, choose your criteria from the drop-down boxes and click the search button.
The Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is a national, not-for-profit organization of clinicians working in migrant health. With over 5,000 constituents, the organization is a force for justice in health care for the mobile poor. MCN empowers clinicians and communities to strengthen clinical care and health care infrastructure for migrants and other mobile poor populations.
Report compiled in 2007 provides data on diabetes prevalence, hospitalizations, deaths, and risk-factors in New York State.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is the largest national membership association of medical and osteopathic doctors who provide comprehensive eye care, including medical, surgical and optical care. The organization's mission is to advance the lifelong learning and professional interests of ophthalmologists to ensure that the public can obtain the best possible eye care.
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Power of Prevention (POP) is a free program designed to demonstrate the benefits of physical activity and proper nutrition on various endocrine-related disorders. POP also provides information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of those disorders, compiled by some of the world's most respected endocrinologists. Children will also a fun and interactive site that can help them lead a healthier lifestyle.
The Health Resources and Services Administration / Bureau of Primary Health Care (HRSA/BPHC) Health Disparities Collaborative aims to improve access to high quality, culturally and linguistically competent primary and preventive care for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured Americans. The HRSA/BPHC Health Disparities Collaborative strives to achieve excellence in practice by (1) generating and documenting improved health outcomes for underserved populations; (2) transforming clinical, financial, and operational practice through models of care, improvement and learning in the context of Community Oriented Primary Care; (3) developing infrastructure, expertise and multi-disciplinary leadership to support and drive improved health status; and (4) building strategic partnerships.
Staffed mostly by volunteers, the Insulin Pump Users Group provides information and support for adults and children with diabetes and their families interested in insulin pump therapy. There is a special section devoted to children with diabetes and the stories about how an insulin pump has changed their lives.
This updated set of standards for diabetes self-management education from the American Diabetes Association is designed to define quality diabetes self-management education and to assist diabetes educators in a variety of settings to provide evidence-based education.
This updated set of standards for medical care in diabetes from the American Diabetes Association is intended to provide clinicians, patients, researchers, payers, and other interested individuals with the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals, and tools to evaluate the quality of care.
These guidelines from the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network offer recommendations to assist providers who care for homeless adults with diabetes.
This Diabetes Prevention and Control Program report examines data on the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational diabetes among New York State adults.
