Example Evidence-based Interventions at a Glance |
| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Campaigns and Promotions |
| A city-wide mass media campaign to increase the public awareness of diabetes |
All |
All |
Community |
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| Poster helps to lower elevated blood glucose levels |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
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| Taking on Diabetes: National Health Campaign |
All |
Hispanic |
Community |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Provider Education |
| Computer-assisted diabetes nutrition education for medical students |
Young adults, Adults |
All |
Worksite |
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| Continuing medical education for health care providers |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite |
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| Empowering Your Patients: A Hands-On Approach to Teaching, Counseling, and Behavior Change |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite |
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| Improving diabetes management in the primary care setting |
All |
All |
Worksite |
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| Intensive training for general practitioners to screen for diabetic retinopathy |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite |
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| Reflective tutoring for staff to provide better patient-centered care |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite |
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| Teleconferenced provider education |
All |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Group Education |
| A camp experience to teach coping strategies to adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
Teens |
All |
Community |
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| Diabetes awareness and exercise program in a multiethnic workforce |
Young adults, Adults, Seniors |
Other |
Worksite |
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| Empowerment: Facilitating a Path to Personal Self-care |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
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| Evaluation of a patient education intervention |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite |
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| A group approach to the management of diabetes in adolescents and young adults |
Teens, Young adults |
Black |
Health care facility |
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| Intensive education to improve knowledge, compliance, and foot problems in type 2 diabetics |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
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| Journey to Health: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) in Detroit |
All |
Black, Hispanic |
Community |
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| Jump Into Action |
Children |
Hispanic |
School |
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| A peer group intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their best friends |
Children, Teens |
All |
Health care facility |
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| Summer camp program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes |
Teens |
All |
Community |
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| Support and education groups for college students with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) |
Young adults, Adults |
All |
Community |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Individual Education |
| Automated voice messaging systems as an addition to outpatient diabetes care |
All |
All |
Home |
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| Diabetes in Self-Control (DISC) |
Teens |
All |
Health care facility |
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| Diabeto: A computer-assisted diet education system |
Adults |
All |
Home |
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| Packy & Marlon: Educational video game for juvenile diabetes |
Children, Teens |
All |
Home |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
| |
Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
|
Supportive Relationships |
| Comprehensive Diabetes Lower-Extremity Amputation Prevention Program (CD-LEAP) for low-income African Americans |
Adults, Seniors |
Black |
Health care facility |
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| Peer coaching for diabetes management |
Adults |
All |
Community, Home |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Environment & Policy |
| Diabetes Patient Tracker |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
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| INTERVENTION |
POPULATION |
SETTING |
STRATEGY |
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Age |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Multiple Strategies |
| A behavioral intervention for adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
Children, Teens, Adults |
Hispanic |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Environment & Policy |
| Bienestar Health Program |
Children, Adults |
Hispanic |
School, Community |
Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Brief office-based intervention to facilitate diabetes dietary self-management |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Home, Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Case-managed program for children with diabetes |
Children, Teens, Adults |
All |
Home, Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Chronic care model for improvements in diabetes care and education |
All |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
Provider Education, Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Community-based exercise and weight control to promote diabetes risk reduction and glycemic control |
Teens, All |
Other |
School, Community |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Coping skills training and problem solving in diabetes for high-risk youth |
Children, Adults, Seniors |
All |
School |
Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| A diabetes education program for school-age children and mothers |
Children, Adults |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Individual Education |
| The Diabetes Education Study for internal medicine residents |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
Provider Education, Environment & Policy |
| Diabetes management program for African-American women with type 2 diabetes |
Adults, Seniors |
Black |
Home, Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| The diabetes network internet-based physical activity intervention |
All |
All |
Home |
Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Diabetes self-management education with frequent follow-up for African American men |
Adults |
Black |
Community, Home |
Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Eat Well, Live Well Nutrition Program |
Adults |
Black |
Community |
Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Education program for older males who have diabetes |
Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) |
All |
Other |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Florida Initiative in Telehealth and Education |
Children, Teens, Adults, Seniors |
All |
Schools, Home |
Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Harbor City, California Kaiser Permanente diabetes care system |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIC) Model |
Adults |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
Provider Education, Group Education, Environment & Policy |
| Improving performance in diabetes care through a multi-component intervention |
Adults |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
Provider Education, Environment & Policy |
| In Control Program: Increasing children’s responsibility for diabetes self-care |
Children, Adults, Seniors |
All |
Community, Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Internet-based intervention to support diabetes self-management and increase perceptions of social support |
Adults |
All |
Home |
Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project |
Children |
Other |
School, Community |
Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Learn, Taste, and Share |
Young adults, Adults, Seniors |
Black |
Faith-based, Community |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Lifestyle intervention in overweight individuals with a family history of diabetes |
All |
All |
Community |
Group Education, Individual Education |
| Long-term lifestyle intervention program for people with impaired glucose tolerance |
Young adults, Adults, Seniors |
All |
Community, Health care facility |
Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Multifamily group intervention and parent simulation of diabetes |
Teens, Adults, Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| The Native Hawaiian Diabetes Intervention Program |
Adults |
Other |
Community |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| On any Saturday—a practical model for diabetes education |
All |
All |
Community |
Provider education, Group Education, Environment & Policy |
| Physician-directed educational campaign on performance of proper diabetic foot exams |
All |
All |
Worksite, Health care facility |
Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education |
| Pounds Off With Empowerment (POWER) |
Adults, Seniors |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Individual Education |
| Proactive case management of high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by a clinical pharmacist |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| A program to improve adherence to diabetes guidelines by primary care physicians |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
Provider education, Group Education, Individual Education, Environment & Policy |
| Project Dulce |
Young Adults, Adults, Seniors |
Black, Hispanic, Other |
Community, Health care facility |
Provider education, Group Education, Environment & Policy |
| The “Sixty Something…” Study |
Seniors |
All |
Community |
Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Soul Food Light |
Adults |
Black |
Community |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| STOP diabetes! |
Teens |
Other |
Community |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Subspecialist support for management of patients with diabetes |
All |
All |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policy |
| Summer camps for diabetic children |
Children, Teens |
All |
Community |
Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Urban church-based program to reduce risk factors for diabetes among Western Samoans in New Zealand |
All |
Other |
Faith-based |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |
| Use of a bicultural community health worker to complete diabetes education |
Adults |
Hispanic |
Health care facility |
Group Education, Supportive Relationships |