title: Translating diabetes prevention programs: implications for dissemination and policy.
abstract: Numerous studies have translated the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for community-based settings, and the results are encouraging. This commentary discusses one community-based DPP translational study, Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes, in detail, as well as the implications of DPP translational studies for public policy.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, PO Box 7868, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. katulaj@wfu.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Katula
authors.forename: Caroline S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Blackwell
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Goff
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003256:Community Participation; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008019:Life Style; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical