News about Diabetes in Appalachia
- Appalachian Rural Health Institute
- The Appalachian Rural Health Institute (ARHI) fosters interprofessional research, community outreach, education, and scholarly activities through collaborative partnerships that empower university and community stakeholders to design solutions for rural health.
- Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
- This is a population-based, public health initiative consisting of a network of state, regional and local health professionals whose mission is to reduce new cases of diabetes as well as the sickness, disability and death associated with diabetes and its complications.
- Dining with Diabetes
- Find out information about this excellent program and see how you can attend.
- Kentucky Diabetes Network
- Collaborate and advocate for the prevention, care, control, and cure of diabetes so that those in Kentucky will have lower rates of diabetes and related complications.
- Ohio Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Go to this website to locate facts about the problem of diabetes in Ohio.
- West Virginia Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
- Funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this agency promotes the national diabetes objectives for people with diabetes.
- Diabetes Crisis: NewsWatch In-Depth (2010)
- Nearly one in ten people in Southeast Ohio suffer from Diabetes. This rate is much higher than in other parts of the state and continues to worsen because of the economic downturn in our region. Together, they are creating the diabetes crisis - an increased rate of diabetes in our region.
- NewsWatch In-Depth Video: The Diabetes Crisis
- This video takes a closer look at this critical health problem plaguing our region during a live, one-hour call in special.
- Diabetes Special Features from WOUB
- Special audio features about diabetes in Appalachia from the WOUB Newsroom.