730,000 New Yorkers don’t know they have diabetes.
Tools
The Campaign has gathered links and tools 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.
As a team-oriented, multi-format, practice-based, online educational intervention, Closing the Gap program of the American College of Physician (ACP) helps physicians and their staff develop and improve strategies for creating systems change in their practices while improving the care they provide to patients with chronic diseases.
Diabetes Portal of the American College of Physicians (ACP) offers resources to help clinicians achieve best patient outcomes, including interactive online tutorials, self-assessment tools, evidence-based practice tools such as flow sheets, and information on clinical topics in diabetes management. Diabetes Portal also Includes strategies for addressing clinical information system issues such as patient registries, electronic medical records, and personal health records are offered as well as downloadable patient education materials.
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.
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.
Session aims to improve the quality and availability of podiatry services in response to the needs of medically underserved populations. Session discusses (1) how to be more culturally aware on how diabetes affects various races and ethnicities; (2) how to recognize the foot at risk; and (3) how to implement preventive care strategies for the foot at risk.
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.
Defy Diabetes!, Seton Health System’s multidisciplinary project specifically targeted to low-income individuals with or at risk for diabetes in six low-income communities in Upstate New York, has gathered a set of personal accounts through a number of patient interviews collectively entitled: "Sharing Our Sacred Stories."
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