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Patient Navigators Connecting Patients to Community Resources to Improve Diabetes Outcomes

Natalia Y. Loskutova, Adam G. Tsai, Edwin B. Fisher, Debby M. LaCruz, Andrea L. Cherrington, T. Michael Harrington, Tamela J. Turner and Wilson D. Pace
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2016, 29 (1) 78-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150048
Natalia Y. Loskutova
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Adam G. Tsai
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Edwin B. Fisher
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Debby M. LaCruz
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Andrea L. Cherrington
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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T. Michael Harrington
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Tamela J. Turner
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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Wilson D. Pace
the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network, Leawood, KS (NYL, WDP); the Division of General Internal Medicine (AGT) and the Department of Family Medicine (WDP), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Peers for Progress and Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (EBF); YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (DML); and the Department of Medicine (ALC) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (TMH, TJT), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2016, 29 (1) 78-89; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150048
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