One Brooklyn Health commits to
diabetes prevention, treatment
By Nelson A. King
With the commemoration of
Diabetes Awareness Month in
November, One Brooklyn Health
(OBH) says it is fully committed
to prevention and treatment of
diabetes across the system.
The system boasts of four
comprehensive programs in
addressing the disease.
They are: Diabetes Self-Management,
Diabetes Prevention,
Chronic Disease Management
and the Metabolic Learning Coalition.
Registered Nurse Alejandra
Hopkins, program lead for the
Diabetes Self-Management Program,
told Caribbean Life that
the evidence-based program,
based on the Stanford Diabetes
Self-Management Program, is
offered on the Kingsbrook Jewish
Medical Center campus in
East Flatbush.
“The workshop is designed
to help people with different
chronic conditions to develop
the skills needed in the day-today
management of their conditions
with a goal of maintaining
and/or increasing life’s activities,”
she said. “The Diabetes
SM (Self-Management) module
targets uncontrolled diabetics,
and Chronic Disease SM module
targets controlled diabetics
and those with chronic disease
issues.”
Hopkins said expected outcomes
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include supported selfmanaged
behavior modification
and coping strategies to enable
participants to better manage
their health condition(s), medications,
and increase physical
activity levels.
To learn more, please call 718-
735-1900.
Jeanine Allen, OBH health
coach and program lead, said the
Diabetes Prevention Program at
the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center campus started in 2017.
She said it is also an evidencebased
program, recognized by
the Centers’ for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), designed
for people who have or are at risk
for developing Type 2 Diabetes.
“It is a comprehensive program
focused on weight loss
through exercise, healthy eating
and behavior modification,
Allen said.
She said expected outcomes
include reduction and maintenance
of individual weight loss
by 5-7 percent of body weight,
increased physical activity level
to 150 minutes per week and to
reduce risk for type 2 diabetes.
The Diabetes Prevention Program
at the Brookdale Hospital
Medical Center campus is an
evidence-based program, recognized
by the CDC, designed for
Jeanine Allen. One Brooklyn Health System
people who have prediabetes or
are at risk for developing Type 2
Diabetes, according to Helenica
Yusuf, another Health Coach at
One Brooklyn Health and program
lead.
“It is a comprehensive program
focused on weight loss
through exercise, healthy eating
and behavior modification,”
she said, stating that expected
outcomes include reduction
and maintenance of individual
weight loss by 5-7 percent of
body weight, increased physical
activity level to 150 minutes per
week and to reduce risk for type
2 diabetes.
To learn more please call 718-
240-5022.
Dr. Kurt Kodroff. One Brooklyn
Health System
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