Including Partners in the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Rationale and Practical Considerations

Assessment of type 2 diabetes patients’ self-care status learned based on the national diabetes control and prevention program in health centers of a selected city, Iran

Introduction: The Ministry of Health and Medical Education, in line with the National Diabetes Control and Prevention Program, has mandated health centers to implement educational programs among diabetic patients. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of these educational programs on promoting self-care in diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional stud...

National Program on Amblyopia Prevention in Islamic Republic of Iran

Challenges of Physicians’ Training Program on Diabetes Prevention and Control

Introduction: Diabetes Prevention and Control has become among the nation's health system priorities in recent decade. Meanwhile, educational programs for executives have been designed and implemented. Tha aim of this study was to describe the situation of training of general practitioners who care diabetiv patients under National Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Methods: This study is...

The cost-effectiveness of diabetes prevention: results from the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study

BACKGROUND The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a randomized, controlled clinical trial. It demonstrated that among high-risk individuals with impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes incidence was reduced by 58 % with lifestyle intervention and 31 % with metformin compared to placebo. During the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), all DPP participants were unmasked to their tr...

The National Diabetes Prevention Programme.

Notwithstanding the human and financial implications of diabetes, we are concerned with the selective use of evidence to support the National Diabetes Prevention Programme. The editorial by Sood et al describes trials, which offered expensive, intensive interventions to participants selected on strict and extensive criteria with stringent methods to maintain participant engagement.1,2 Trials de...