title: North Carolina initiative targets CVD and diabetes with telehealth intervention.
abstract: Disadvantaged populations are adversely affected by chronic disease, but they are among the toughest to reach with preventive care. However, the innovators behind a bold initiative in North Carolina are hoping that a telehealth intervention can bridge at least some of these gaps in care and possibly even change the course of chronic disease in schoolchildren.
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009657:North Carolina; D011203:Poverty; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics*