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Press Room
Press Release
CDC Awards $4.2 Million for Diabetes Care Research.
March 1, 2004
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $4.2 million
to fund a new five-year study to look at outcomes of diabetes care within
managed care settings.
The six recipients of the first-year funding and the amounts awarded to
each are
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — $851,465
- University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, N.J. — $832,652
- University of California, Los Angeles — $650,000
- Pacific Health Research Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii — $649,453
- Kaiser Research Foundation Institute, Oakland, Calif. — $646,434
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis — $625,876
CDC first funded the project – Translating Research Into Action for
Diabetes (TRIAD) – in 1998 to assess the quality of diabetes care and
identify the factors that affect quality and outcomes of care. This new
TRIAD study continues those objectives and expands the project to examine
changes in quality of care during the past five years.
“These six institutions will help us identify interventions that can help
people at high risk for diabetes to take the right steps to prevent the
disease,” Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said. “One
objective of the new TRIAD study will focus on preventing diabetes by
developing ways to identify people who don’t have diabetes yet, but are at
high risk for developing the disease.”
TRIAD is the largest multi-center study of diabetes and factors affecting
quality of care and quality of life for people with diabetes. TRIAD includes
about 12,000 patients, who represent a wide cross-section of the U.S.
population in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors.
The project involves 10 U.S. health plans, 66 provider groups, and is a
collaborative effort with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The VA has conducted a similar TRIAD-VA study.
“Numerous studies have shown that diabetes care is often less than
optimal. TRIAD uses knowledge and science to bridge the gap between research
and practice to improve the level of diabetes care,” said Dr. Frank Vinicor,
director of CDC’s diabetes division.
Currently about 18.2 million people in the United States have diabetes.
Most (90 percent to 95 percent) have type 2 diabetes, which is associated
with older age, obesity, and physical inactivity. It’s projected that 1 in 3
Americans will develop diabetes during their lifetime. For more information
about diabetes and other projects such as TRIAD, visit CDC’s Web site at
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes or
call toll free: 1-877-CDC-DIAB (232-3422).
CDC protects people’s health and safety by preventing and controlling
diseases and injuries; enhances health decisions by providing credible
information on critical health issues; and promotes healthy living through
strong partnerships with local, national, and international organizations.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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