TY - JOUR AU - Schmittdiel, Julie A. AU - Brown, Susan D. AU - Neugebauer, Romain AU - Adams, Sara R. AU - Adams, Alyce S. AU - Wiley, Deanne PY - 2013 TI - Health-Plan and Employer-Based Wellness Programs to Reduce Diabetes Risk: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California NEXT-D Study T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E15 VL - 10 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - Primary prevention of diabetes is increasingly recognized by both health plans and employers as an important strategy to improve the health of insured populations. As a part of the Natural Experiments in Translation for Diabetes (NEXT-D) network, the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Division of Research is assessing the effectiveness of 2 health plan-initiated programs to prevent the onset of diabetes in patients at high risk. The first study evaluates a telephonic health-coaching program that provides counseling on healthful eating, active living, and weight loss to KPNC members. The second evaluation examines a postpartum glucose screening and educational diabetes prevention program for women with gestational diabetes mellitus that KPNC implemented in 2006. Identifying effective approaches to preventing diabetes will be of value to health care systems, policy makers, and public health officials seeking to understand the roles systems and employers can play in preventing chronic illness. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120146 DO - 10.5888/pcd10.120146 ER -