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Glycemic Control Patterns and Kidney Disease Progression among Primary Care Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
(2011-07)Background: Reducing glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) to near or less than 7% in patients with diabetes is associated with diminished microvascular complications, but this level is not consistently achieved. The purpose of ... -
Healthy Hospital Food Environment: Policy & Programs in Practice
(2012-05-07)This invited presentation highlights the state of weight at Vidant Health, a health care system serving 29 counties in eastern North Carolina and its innovative Health Food Environment program. A policy, effective in 2012, ... -
The heart healthy lenoir project-an intervention to reduce disparities in hypertension control: study protocol
(2013)Background Racial disparities in blood pressure control are well established; however the impact of low health literacy (LHL) on blood pressure has garnered less attention. Office based interventions that are created with ... -
IN4Kids: data from a study of RD integration into primary care
(2010-03-10)Research indicates barriers to PCPs recognizing and counseling overweight children and their families, including lack of: knowledge about nutritional guidance, time to provide services, reimbursement, and skills in working ... -
North Carolina's Pediatric Obesity Clinician Reference Guide and Tool Kit
(2009-07-27)This poster presents the tools developed by clinicians treating childhood obesity in North Carolina. The history of the development of these tools is outlined at the end of the accompanying abstract submission to the ... -
North Carolina's Plan to Address Obesity: Healthy Weight and Healthy Communities
(2013-02-07)This presentation describes the 2013-2020 NC Obesity Plan. Evidence based core behaviors are described as well as strategies for encouraging the adoption of those behaviors in worksites, health care and colleges and ... -
Outpatient Colonoscopy by Rural Family Physicians
(East Carolina University, 2005-03)PURPOSE Five percent of family physicians offer colonoscopy services, either in the office or the hospital, often in rural areas that have no gastroenterologist. Two previous large series have shown the quality and safety ... -
Participation in Community-Originated Interventions is Associated with Positive Changes in Weight Status and Health Behaviors in Youth
(2012-04-13)Purpose. To assess changes in children’s health behaviors and weight status after participation in community-originated interventions. ... -
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Plays a Role in the Eat Smart Move More North Carolina Movement
(2009)Pitt County Memorial Hospital is taking the "Journey to Excellence" and as part of that journey, is creating a culture of wellness. This paper describes those efforts as well as the criteria for healthy food. Data ... -
The Pong Principle
(2011-02-25)"Learning to Listen: A Patient Becomes the Teacher By Serving Up Life-Changing Advice -
Take Off 4-Health Healthy Lifestyle Camp Nutrition Education Curriculum
(2009-06-09)Summer camps designed to produce weight loss are popular childhood obesity interventions. Nutrition education is a critical component of youth weight loss camps and we will present the curriculum developed for a 3 week ... -
Teaching the Art of Medicine: A Changing Portrait in Today's Medical Schools
(2008-03)Objective: The purpose of the present study was to assess attitudes toward the value of the “art of medicine” in medical education, beliefs regarding whether it can be taught and, if so, the methods of teaching that would ... -
The UHS Nutrition Initiative: Enhancing the ability of patients, employees and the community to "Eat Smart and Move More"
(2005)This article describes the obesity problem in eastern North Carolina and the responses that the Pitt County Memorial Hospital is taking locally to change policies and environments.