Important Publications

Provided by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, this toolkit contains various tools for health care providers to help their patients with diabetes.

This September 2004 American Journal of Public Health article describes a study comparing the availability and cost of diabetes-healthy foods in two racially and economically different New York City neighborhoods: East Harlem and the Upper East Side. NYSHealth is interested in reducing disparities in diabetes in New York State, and evidence from this report helps to identify factors that may exacerbate disparities. 

This Albert Einstein School of Medicine study estimates the hospitalization for complications of diabetes in New York City.

The Hudson Center for Health Equity and Quality convened a roundtable of experts to discuss the adoption of diabetes registries in community settings.

This February 7, 2002 New England Journal of Medicine article, “Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metforin,” explains the findings of a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of using medication or lifestyle intervention to prevent or delay the development of diabetes. These findings can help inform diabetes prevention efforts.

This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration report details the history and future of health centers, and features a spotlight on New York’s Morris Heights Health Center.

This Trust for America’s Health report examines how health care costs could be lowered through preventive care. Preventive care can have a particularly high impact on Type 2 diabetes, which incurs major health care expenditures in New York State.

The Health Disparities Collaborative published a set of national measures to be used to track diabetes and diabetes management.

This presentation by Lynn Silver, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, and Diana Berger, Medical Director of the Diabetes Prevention and Control program, outlines the need for and benefits of mandatory reporting of Hemoglobin A1c levels in New York City.

The American Diabetes Association produced this article, which rates a variety of diabetes care options. 

This report, produced by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), summarizes the problem of diabetes in the United States and the CDC efforts to control and prevent it. The CDC plays an important role in the fight against diabetes in New York State.

This report, published in August 2008 by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that obesity rates on a national level increased in 37 states in the past year. Rates in New York State are slightly lower than the national average, with New York’s obesity rate falling between 20 and 25%.

This document, created by the New York Diabetes Coalition, is a one-page guideline developed from the evidence-based clinical recommendations of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

This guide from the national government explains to health care consumers what diabetes-related supplies and services are covered by Medicare.

This toolkit, provided by the New York State Department of Health, includes useful tools to assist with the management and prevention of diabetes. The tools target both individuals and health care providers.

The presentation, developed by the New York State Department of Health, looks at diabetes statistics in New York State from 1997 to 2004.

The New York Business Group on Health created the Type 2 Diabetes Report for 2006 to provide an overview of demographic, financial, utilization, and pharmacotherapy measures for Type 2 diabetes patients in key local markets in the Tri-State area.

This study demonstrated the value of Community Health Workers in the health care workforce. NYSHealth is invested in community health workers as a means of improving access to care and also as a linkage between communities and health care and social service providers.

The U.S. Bureau of Primary Health Care’s Diabetes Health Disparities Collaborative sought to reduce health disparities and improve diabetes care in 19 Midwestern health centers.

The New York State Department of Health’s Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes was created in conjunction with the New York State Diabetes Task Force, an advisory body of diabetes experts.

New York City Department of Health Report on Diabetes in New York City: Public Health Burden and Disparities documents the prevalence of diabetes in New York City and disparities among neighborhoods and racial/ethnic groups.

Reversing the Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in New York City by the Public Health Association of New York City (September 2007) urges the City to take action to confront what it calls a “public health, economic, and moral threat” to New York City’s future.

The New York State Department of Health’s Strategic Plan for Overweight and Obesity Prevention was created with community input, and provides goals and objectives to accomplish the identified priorities.

The New York City Report on Availability of Health Food in Harlem examines the retail food environment in Central and East Harlem, using the Upper East Side as a comparison neighborhood.

The New York City Report on Food Habits of Families in provides a greater understanding of childhood obesity in Bushwick.

This article provides examples of how the practice facilitator model was implemented in four practice-based research networks in the United States. NYSHealth is supporting grantees that use this model to improve quality of care for patients with co-occurring conditions for mental health and diabetes.

This article by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality profiles practice enhancement assistants (PEAs). This innovation has been used in diabetes care.

Based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, this study estimates the number of chronically ill individuals in the United States who are uninsured. Individuals with chronic illnesses have particularly acute needs for access to health care, and their rate of uninsurance is alarming.

This New York State Department of Health guide provides information on both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes among children. The guide promotes a team approach to diabetes management that includes families, health care providers, and school officials.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Committee for Quality Assurance, and American Diabetes Association jointly have created Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (DQIP) measures.

A policy report from the New York City Comptroller analyzes disease trends, including diabetes, since 1990.

The New York Times did a series on Diabetes in New York City in January 2006. These articles report on the costs of this epidemic both in terms of health care expenditures and in reduced quality of life.

Thomas Frieden, Health Commissioner for New York City, and Farzad Mostashari, Assistant Commissioner for the New York City Health Department’s Primary Care Information Project, assert in the February 27, 2008 issue of JAMA that recent prominent approaches to improving health care are missing the mark. They propose that the most important goal of the nation’s health delivery system should be maximizing health – and this goal should be the overarching principle for all other efforts.

Residents of neighborhoods that provide ample opportunities to exercise, greater perceived safety, and increased access to fresh fruits and vegetables are more likely to engage in physical activity and maintain healthy diets, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study published in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.

On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating, and costly disease deserving of a worldwide campaign, and named November 14th as World Diabetes Day.