Community Partnership

Diabetes: A 60-Second Guide

The toolkit workgroup of New Mexico Health Care Takes On Diabetes (NMHCTOD) has taken the lead in developing quarterly publications, entitled Diabetes: A 60-Second Guide, that are distributed as inserts in printed newsletters for health care providers. Each issue will feature on a specific diabetes topic area and will provide information about prevalence rates in New Mexico. In addition, the publication will reinforce the NMHCTOD clinical practice guidelines, draw attention to local activities and recommend three to four provider resources on the featured topic. Both the newsletter and additional resources may be downloaded from this website.

The first issue, developed and distributed in Fall 2001, focused on retinal eye exams for patients with diabetes. Subsequent issues of the publication over the next year will focus on the ABCs of Diabetes, which include A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol.

Taking on Diabetes
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South Building, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 778-3281
takingondiabetes@ahip.org