Health-Plan and Employer-Based Wellness Programs to Reduce Diabetes Risk: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California NEXT-D Study

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Schmittdiel, Julie A. ; Brown, Susan D. ; Neugebauer, Romain ; Adams, Sara R. ; Adams, Alyce S. ; Wiley, Deanne ; Ferrara, Assiamira
• Description:
  Primary prevention of diabetes is increasingly recognized by both health plans and employers as an important strategy to improve the health of insured populations. As a part of the Natural Experiments in Translation for Diabetes (NEXT-D) network, the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Division of Research is assessing the effectiveness of 2 health plan-initiated programs to prevent the onset of diabetes in patients at high risk. The first study evaluates a telephonic health-coaching program that provides counseling on healthful eating, active living, and weight loss to KPNC members. The second evaluation examines a postpartum glucose screening and educational diabetes prevention program for women with gestational diabetes mellitus that KPNC implemented in 2006. Identifying effective approaches to preventing diabetes will be of value to health care systems, policy makers, and public health officials seeking to understand the roles systems and employers can play in preventing chronic illness.
• Subjects:
  Body Mass Index Cross-Sectional Studies Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Employee Incentive Plans Female Health Maintenance Organizations Health Promotion Humans Male Models, Organizational Occupational Health Services Pregnancy Professional-Patient Relations Program Evaluation Special Topic

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120146
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  23369768
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3562174
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1P30 DK092924/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; U58 DP002721/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6cd7234c226349f1ffc60254d662cdf4dced251531eac9bf2ee2c1b5abdc8cf01d9881b0c757508eeca649360274bdfe0a31e695420e7493bcc4a3989ab89cd
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