Website Search Results for: diabetes
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Date: Mar 2017
Provides an update to the story of the Zuni people of western New Mexico and the health conditions they commonly face: chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Describes the Home-Based Kidney Care model to train tribal members fluent in Zuni to become community health workers. The community health workers visit patients weekly, providing them with education on healthy lifestyles, medication support, and data collection. The original story, published in July 2014, is included at the end of the update.
...diabetes. Describes the Home-Based Kidney Care model to train tribal members fluent in Zuni...
Date: Nov 2022
Examines the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) which was passed by the Navajo Nation in 2014 to support health and wellness in tribal communities. Analyzes the process, implementation, and evaluation of the HDNA to understand its impact on public health policy. Includes historical information about the Navajo nation as well as diabetes data and HDNA funding amounts for specific Navajo chapters.
...diabetes data and HDNA funding amounts for specific Navajo chapters. --- Practicing Tribal Sovereignty Through a Tribal...
Date: Apr 19, 2017
Every rural provider has a horror story attached to low health literacy. Health literacy, or getting, understanding, and using health information, involves two sides. Researchers and experts explain that by understanding both the skills and demands side of health literacy, providers and organizations can help their patients move to improved health. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic patient who was told to decrease sugar intake by stopping their six daily sodas...
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2024
Using Community Health Workers, an Idaho consortium leveraged grant-funding to bring health and wellness programs, disease screening, and health education to frontier residents.
...diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. With Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grant funding in 2015-2018 — the Rural...
Date: 2023
Compares the efficacy of usual care versus usual care plus chronic kidney disease (CKD) education at home among American Indian people at risk for CKD caused by type 2 diabetes. Discusses the impact of home-based kidney care models and details chronic disease challenges and public health approaches in tribal areas.
...diabetes. Discusses the impact of home-based kidney care models and details chronic disease challenges...
Date: Feb 2019
Assesses the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and control of blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol in the Medicare Advantage population. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density.
...diabetes, and cholesterol in the Medicare Advantage population. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels...
Date: Jun 2019
Recording of a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on a wide variety of healthcare bills addressing funding for community health centers, teaching health centers, the National Health Service Corps, a tribal diabetes program, the National Quality Forum, Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, and more. Includes testimony from Shasta Community Health Center, Vidant Health, SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, Medicare Rights Center, and others.
...diabetes program, the National Quality Forum, Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, and more. Includes...
Date: 2022
Analyzes health data of 728 Florida and Georgia Hispanic agricultural workers to identify common health issues among this group of workers. Discusses diabetes, blood pressure, and weight and their potential relation to occupational hazards such as pesticide exposure.
...diabetes, blood pressure, and weight and their potential relation to occupational hazards such as pesticide...
Date: Aug 17, 2022
A partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and the local ambulance district in Washington County, Missouri lets chronically ill patients access preventive care from the comfort of home. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic with no other means of transportation, was taken to the hospital in an ambulance...
Date: Jan 2022
Reports statistics on cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Includes data on smoking, physical inactivity, and diabetes.
...diabetes. Date 01/2022 Organization American Heart Association Tagged as Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Physical activity · Statistics...