The following Web sites provide valuable technical resources for state and local diabetes control programs.
Health Resources and Services Administration.
www.hrsa.gov. Provides information on programs, resources, and funding.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.cdc.gov/diabetes. Provides diabetes statistics, programs, and publications information.
www.cdc.gov/cdcynergy. Provides information about CDCynergy.
CDC link to Web sites of state diabetes control programs.
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/states/index.htm.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP).
www.ndep.nih.gov. Provides information on diabetes resources and tools and on NDEP campaigns.
National Institutes of Health.
www.niddk.nih.gov. Provides
information on diabetes research and clinical trial.
http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/ftrs/directBrowse.pl?dbName=cps&href=CH19&t=992449585.
The diabetes chapter of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) Office of Minority Health.
www.omhrc.gov. Provides information
on HHS efforts to address racial and ethnic health disparities.
Healthy People 2010.
www.healthypeople.gov. Provides information about Healthy People 2010. See chapter 5 for information on diabetes.
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/tripdiab.htm. Provides information on AHRQ-funded research on diabetes care.
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/diabdisp.htm
#Reducing%20Disparities. The AHCR publication Reducing Diabetes Disparities Among Ethnic and Racial Minorities includes information on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, research regarding the prevention of type 2 diabetes in Mexican American populations, and research on family support.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/womens/taketimetocare/diabetes/default.htm. Provides information on the Take Time To Care …About Diabetes campaign from the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/outreach/initiatives/diabetes.asp. Provides information on the Diabetes Practitioners Kit and the Community Kit.
Indian Health Service (IHS)
http://www.ihs.gov/medicalprograms/diabetes/kids%26diab.pdf. IHS’s Best Practice Model: Type 2 Diabetes in Youth.
