Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and lower-limb amputations.
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.
Study finds that between 2009 and 2034, the number of people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes will increase from 23.7 million to 44.1 million. The obesity distribution in the population without diabetes will remain stable over time with ~65% of individuals of the population being overweight or obese. During the same period, annual diabetes-related spending is expected to increase from $113 billion to $336 billion (2007 dollars). For the Medicare-eligible population, the diabetes population is expected to rise from 8.2 million in 2009 to 14.6 million in 2034; associated spending is estimated to rise from $45 billion to $171 billion.
Paper describes seven attributes of patient-centered primary care and encourages adoption of patient-centered medical homes to achieve better primary care.
Study shows how best to adapt evidence-based strategies to increase physical activity for use with underserved racial or ethnic groups.
Manual for planning a health ministry provides a step-by-step guide and resources, including job descriptions, print, Internet, and multimedia resources.
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) is a medical professional community of clinical endocrinologists committed to enhancing highest quality care, evaluation, and management of patients with endocrine disease.
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) provides members with tools, training, and support necessary to help patients manage their diabetes. As a multidisciplinary professional association, AADE represents and supports diabetes educators by providing resources on current research, methods, and trends in the field and by offering opportunities to network and collaborate with other health care professionals.
Resource provides list of Certified Diabetes Educators in New York State.
Guidelines from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) that explain the roles of diabetes educators, suggest career paths for diabetes educators, and clarify the contribution individuals can make to diabetes self-management.
Position statement provides guidelines for diabetes educators to incorporate kidney disease education into diabetes self-management training.
Position statement provides guidelines for diabetes educators on coordinating care for inpatients with diabetes.
