Innovative Online Diabetes Education and Support Research Study Needs Your Support!

Dear New York Nurse Practitioners,

We are writing to inform you of an innovative on-line diabetes education and support research study that may be of interest to you and your patients. Diabetes LIVE is an RO1 Randomized Controlled trial that is federally funded by NHLBI for 5 years and approved by NYUMC. The aim of this study is to examine if a web-based self-management and social support intervention will improve health behaviors and metabolic outcomes in patients who have Type 2 Diabetes. NO MEDICAL care is provided and this DOES NOT replace diabetes education received from participant healthcare practices. We have attached a brochure and provider pocket card summarizing the program and here is a link to a demo and explanation of the LIVE (Virtual) and Web environment.

http://mediasite.nursing.duke.edu/Mediasite/Play/b16dffe3f03f4a7c89c9de14a9344ad51d

Note: use F11 to make it more full screen once you start playing it or to bring it out of 'full screen'. Our team thinks that this program may be helpful to your patients with type 2 diabetes. We would be happy to provide you with copies of the attached pocket cards for you and your office. Or we can meet or speak with you and your physician colleagues to discuss this project. You can reach us at LiveStudy@nyu.edu or 212-992-9403.

Please see our advertisement here and attached as a PDF file to this announcement

 

Thank you!

Kind regards, Gail D'Eramo Melkus, EdD,C-NP,FAAN, Primary Investigator

Louise Reagan, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, LIVE Study Project Director

Sarah Nowlin, MS, RN, LIVE Study Coordinator

Angela Godwin, MSN, FNP-BC, Live Study Research Assistant

Yoon Hee Cho, Live Study Research Assistant