Penn Nursing Diabetes Expert Jazzes Up Prevention Through Dance, Text Messaging

Broadcast Studio AvailableDr. Terri Lipman of Penn Nursing is an international expert on diabetes prevention, effects of the disease on children, racial disparities related to the disorder, and innovative use of technology to manage diabetes. Dr. Lipman, a nurse practitioner and professor of pediatric nursing:* developed and maintains the only registry of pediatric Type 1 diabetes in Philadelphia; * produced landmark data on diabetes in urban Latino and African American children; * created the novel, award-winning program “Dance for Health” to prevent Type 2 diabetes in urban populations through a healthy lifestyle;* co-created My DiaText, a text message-based app for children aged 10 to 16 to learn to manage their Type 1 diabetes.

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