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Helping Hands: A Guidebook for Volunteer Meal Providers
(2011-09-27)
Helping Hands: A Guidebook for Volunteer Meal Providers
Author(s): J. Jennings,1 R. Ward,2 K. Kolasa3; 1Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 3Family ...
Generic Medications and Blood Pressure Control in Diabetic Hypertensive Subjects
(2013-03)
OBJECTIVE
To investigate temporal improvements in blood pressure (BP) control in subjects with diabetes and policy changes regarding generic antihypertensives.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
In a cross-sectional study ...
The Need for Interprofessional Collaborative Ready Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners
(2014-10-01)
This is the full length paper of what turned out to be a published brief after going through peer review. Many of our colleagues have requested the original full length description which is more of a call to action for ...
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 ...
Diabetes Education in Rural Appalachia
(2010-10-28)
Introduction:
Diabetes education has long been a problem at rural health sites like Tug River Health Association at Gary, WV. Many providers expressed a need of handouts on diabetic topics that are both informative and ...
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 ...
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2013-04)
The paper describes the journey taken by Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) to create a healthy eating environmnet on its entire campus. Vidant Health was among the first hospitals in ...
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
(2012-10)
This paper documents the steps Vidant Health took from 2003 to 2012 in creating a healthy food environment. It describes criteria for foods to be sold/provided to employees and visitors. It provides a rationale for selecting ...