Image of the state of New Jersey The New Jersey Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP) has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1993. Activities supported by the New Jersey DPCP include:

Surveillance. The New Jersey DPCP uses multiple surveillance sources to define the diabetes burden in the state. By September 2004, the New Jersey DPCP will update and finalize The Burden of Diabetes In New Jersey: A Surveillance Report, a compendium of statistical data and interpretive narrative addressing diabetes in the state. The report includes data on demographics, diabetes prevalence, gestational diabetes, diabetes and health care utilization, and diabetes related morbidity and mortality. The updated report will also include data to define diabetes prevention-related issues.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/diabpub.shtml*

Diabetes Quality of Managed Care. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services annually publishes an HMO Performance Report. This report card compares how well health care plans deliver important health care services and how members rate the services they receive. Included are two performance indicators for diabetes care (i.e., blood sugar testing and eye examinations for people with diabetes).
http://www.state.nj.us/health/hcsa/hmomenu.htm*

Health Systems Interventions. The New Jersey DPCP produces a newsletter, Health Alert in Diabetes Care, which is distributed to primary care providers statewide. Each publication highlights a critical current issue in diabetes care.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/diabqualmedcare.shtml*

The DPCP provides technical assistance and support to the health centers participating in the Bureau of Primary Care Diabetes Health Disparities Collaborative.

Community-Based Interventions. The DPCP provides funding for Southern Jersey Diabetes Outreach and Education System (DOES) program. DOES targets five counties in southern New Jersey; Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean and Salem. The program works with individuals and organizations to increase public awareness about diabetes and its complications. DOES is also implementing a project to educate providers on prevention issues and to promote the National Diabetes Education Program’s "Small Steps, Big Rewards" campaign. Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc., the grantee for the DOES project, is a participant in the Bureau of Primary Health Care’s Health Disparities Diabetes Collaborative.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/diabwhatiitdoes.shtml*

Contact information

Diabetes Prevention and Control Program Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Health
Division of Family Health Services
PO Box 364
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0364
Telephone 609-984-6137
Fax 609-292-3580

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This page last reviewed January 31, 2005.

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