Up to 4.2 million New Yorkers are estimated to have pre-diabetes.
Campaign Corner
Campaign Corner
October 5, 2011
Nearly 25% of adults in New York State have prediabetes—a condition that puts them at high risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. With a grant from NYSHealth, the YMCA of New York State, Inc. is offering a diabetes prevention program to help New Yorkers with prediabetes achieve healthier lifestyles and reduce their risk of developing the disease.
Campaign Corner
July 18, 2011
As national diabetes rates continue to rise, effective prevention strategies and programs that can reverse the epidemic are taking hold in communities and making a tangible difference. In his latest Huffington Post column, NYSHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman examines what is needed to put these programs in place and to keep them going, along with the role insurers and other key participants can play to ensure the ongoing success of these models.
Campaign Corner
April 15, 2011
The toll of diabetes continues to grow in New York—affecting one out of every 12 adult State residents—and it has had a particularly high impact on Brooklyn. In response to Brooklyn’s diabetes epidemic, NYSHealth’s Diabetes Campaign brought together key leaders in the community to reverse this epidemic and improve the health of Brooklynites.
Campaign Corner
September 15, 2010
The Meeting the Mark: Achieving Excellence in Diabetes Care request for proposals invites providers, health organizations, insurers, and other stakeholders to apply for funds to help primary care physicians achieve national recognition for excellent diabetes care.
Campaign Corner
November 19, 2009
Dear Colleagues:
I am proud to announce the launch of our “Half the Care” social marketing campaign. “Half the Care” is an initiative to engage providers in helping their patients break through the barrier we have faced for so long: getting people all the care they need for their diabetes and all the secondary prevention they need to live long and healthy lives. The timing for this could not be more appropriate. With health reform discussions pointing the finger at our health care system for its extraordinary expense and its inability to prevent the preventable, we want to help providers all over New York State become a part of the solution.
