TY - JOUR
T1 - Using the internet and new technologies to address the type 2 diabetes epidemic
T2 - A case study in bringing medical guidance and support into the living room
AU - Ciporen, Helaine
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Three hundred million people worldwide have diabetes. Efficient, replicable, cost-effective delivery of educational guidance and support is needed to assist them. The lifestyle changes required to reverse this global epidemic have proven daunting and elusive to many patients. With an estimated 500 million people projected to have diabetes by 2030, an effective web-based tool would be a welcomed resource. Such programs, diaBeaters
AB - Three hundred million people worldwide have diabetes. Efficient, replicable, cost-effective delivery of educational guidance and support is needed to assist them. The lifestyle changes required to reverse this global epidemic have proven daunting and elusive to many patients. With an estimated 500 million people projected to have diabetes by 2030, an effective web-based tool would be a welcomed resource. Such programs, diaBeaters
KW - Diabetes Epidemic
KW - Family Focused Intervention
KW - Health Education
KW - Patient Centered Care
KW - Type 2 Diabetes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884753141&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18848/2324-7320/CGP/v07i02/53570
DO - 10.18848/2324-7320/CGP/v07i02/53570
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884753141
SN - 2324-7517
VL - 7
SP - 15
EP - 27
JO - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication
JF - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication
IS - 2
ER -