title: Waging battle against the epidemic. Improving diabetes care in North Carolina.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Control Branch, NC Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Social Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. deborah.porterfield@unc.edu
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Porterfield
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reaves
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patrick-Wubben
mesh_terms: D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards*