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Preventing Diabetes among Fair Haven Families: A Community-Based Approach to Quality Improvement

In this paper, we describe our efforts to integrate the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Bright Bodies program into a coordinated intensive lifestyle intervention program for families living in Fair Haven, an underserved Hispanic neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut with high rates of obesity a...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012-08, Vol.23 (3), p.247-254
Main Authors: Chakkalakal, Rosette J, Camp, Anne W, Magenheimer, Elizabeth, Savoye, Mary, Lubsen, Julia, Lucas, Georgina, Rosenthal, Marjorie S
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Language:English
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Summary:In this paper, we describe our efforts to integrate the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Bright Bodies program into a coordinated intensive lifestyle intervention program for families living in Fair Haven, an underserved Hispanic neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut with high rates of obesity and prediabetes in adults and children.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2012.0136