Reports from the Forum on Diabetes Policy for NYC: Comprehensive Approaches to Prevention and Management.
The Forum on Diabetes Policy for NYC: Comprehensive Approaches to Prevention and Management was held January 17th, 2007 at Hunter College in New York City. This page contains a list of PowerPoint presentations and papers by forum speakers. A brief description of each presentation and other relevant materials are presented below.
Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH
President, Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC)
Distinguished Professor, Urban Public Health, Hunter College, CUNY
Dr. Freudenberg’s welcome address to conference speakers and attendees entitled
Diabetes Policy in New York City: A Call to Action
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Marianne Fahs, PhD, MPH
Professor, Urban Public Health
Executive Director, Brookdale Center on Aging
Hunter College, CUNY
Marianne Fahs’ presentation focuses on the financial cost of diabetes in New York City and is entitled
Economic Costs of Diabetes in NYC: A Preliminary Framework
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Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH
Branch Chief, Community Health and Program Services
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Leandris Liburd’s presentation is entitled
Reframing the Discourse of Diabetes Prevention and Control from Personal Choice to Structured Opportunity
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Liburd L. and Vinicor F. (2003).
Rethinking diabetes prevention and control in racial and ethnic communities
. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, November (Suppl) S74-S79.
Liburd L., Jack L., Williams S., Tucker P. (2005).
Intervening on the social determinants of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, volume 29, number 5S1.
Lorna Thorpe, PhD
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Epidemiology
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Lorna Thorpe’s presentation focuses on the prevalence and surveillance of diabetes in NYC. Her presentation is entitled
Impact of Diabetes in NYC: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Findings from New Data Sources
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Lynn Silver, MD, MPH
Director, Chronic Disease Control
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Lyn Silver discusses the science base for primary prevention of diabetes. Her presentation is entitled
Interventions to Prevent or Manage Diabetes: The Evidence Base
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Elizabeth Walker, DNSc, RN
Professor of Medicine, and Epidemiology and Population Health
Director, Prevention and Control Division
The Diabetes Research & Training Center (DRTC)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Elizabeth Walker discusses diabetes privation interventions with examples from her research. Her presentation is entitled
Interventions for Primary and Secondary Prevention in Diabetes: From Trials to Translation
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Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH
Executive Director
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC)
Matt Longjohn describes the development and activities of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children. His presentation is entitled
What is CLOCC?
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