Napier practice nurses encouraged by how their prediabetes efforts shape up

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Napier practice nurses encouraged by how their prediabetes efforts shape up

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Napier general practices are among eight in Hawke’s Bay that are testing an approach for halting progress from prediabetes to diabetes
Napier practice nurses Michelle Vette and Cassandra Mossman say they can’t think of any patients who have developed diabetes after taking part in a pr
References
  1. Coppell K, Abel S, Freer T et al. The effectiveness of a primary care nursing-led dietary intervention for prediabetes: a mixed methods pilot study. BMC Family Practice 2017;(2017) 18:106. DOI 10.1186/s12875-017-0671-8
  2. Connor D, Coppell K, Gray A, et al. A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Prediabetes Intervention Package (PIP) in primary care: a New Zealand pilot programme. NZ Med J 2019;132,1504:24–34.