Estimated diabetes prevalence significantly varied with age, education, income, and race/ethnicity among Pennsylvania adults in 2008. Pennsylvania collected diabetes data in the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Questions asked were related to pre-diabetes, diabetes management, and diabetes-related doctor visits. Highlighted in this article are some of the findings from the 2008 survey.
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders of Color Sampling Methodology: Strategies for Collecting Data in Small, Hidden, or Hard-to-Reach Groups To Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities.
Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND)
This two-part study defines the current level of integration among tobacco
control and other chronic disease / health promotion programs, describes what
state health agencies are doing to integrate tobacco control efforts into their
chronic disease and health promotion programs; identifies linkage points where
these programs intersect and compiles case studies that illustrate the factors that
predispose, enable and reinforce integration.
For the fifth year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.
The BE A BRIDGE Partnership aims to use a collaborative approach to build capacity among a broad spectrum of organizations for the purpose of linking tobacco resources to chronic disease efforts in Pennsylvania. Among the core BE A BRIDGE initiatives are three Regional Summits in Eastern, Central and Western Pennsylvania, each to be followed with skill-based workshops. The BE A BRIDGE Capacity Survey was developed by Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) to solicit feedback from potential Summit and follow-up workshop attendees that would inform the planning of these events as well as to assess current capacity and training needs of organizations within Pennsylvania. The survey was distributed through BE A BRIDGE partner networks yielding 209 anonymous responses across Pennsylvania.
The BE A BRIDGE Partnership aims to use a collaborative approach to build capacity among a broad spectrum of organizations for the purpose of linking tobacco resources to chronic disease efforts in Pennsylvania. Among the core BE A BRIDGE initiatives are three Regional Summits in Eastern, Central and Western Pennsylvania, each to be followed with skill-based workshops. The BE A BRIDGE Capacity Survey was developed by Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) to solicit feedback from potential Summit and follow-up workshop attendees that would inform the planning of these events as well as to assess current capacity and training needs of organizations within Pennsylvania. The survey was distributed through BE A BRIDGE partner networks yielding 209 anonymous responses across Pennsylvania.
