Effect of social networks intervention in type 2 diabetes: a partial randomised study.

Background: In this partially randomised intervention study, we assessed the effect of social networks on the improvement of type 2 diabetes management in a largely African-American population in Baltimore.

Methods: Patients in the intervention group (n=68) were asked to recruit peers, form small groups, and attend monthly diabetes education sessions, emphasising peer support. Patients in the control group (n=70) were recruited individually to attend standard diabetes education sessions.

Comparison of physician practice patterns for older adults compared to NHANES diabetes cohort on oral/other therapy.

The American Diabetes Association and European Association for the Study of Diabetes issued a new patient-centered approach for the management of hyperglycemia in patients with Type 2 diabetes. With a focus on older adults and the elderly, the authors explored the alignment of elements of the suggested framework with patients' reports of receiving combination or monotherapy using US national survey data (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2010) and a physician survey. Combination therapy was positively associated with age (range: 1.

Social networks help control hypertension.

Cardiovascular health disparities continue to pose a major public health problem. The authors evaluated the effect of education administered within social networks on the improvement of hypertension in 248 African Americans compared with historical controls. Patients formed clusters with peers and attended monthly hypertension education sessions.