Minority Diabetes Reports
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
The Diabetes Educator: March/April 2014 Results of a Two-year Culturally Tailored Intervention Purpose The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of conducting a community-based randomized controlled trial evaluating a culturally tailored community-based group diabetes self-management education (DSME) program among rural African Americans. Methods Thirty-two African American rural adults with type 2 diabetes were recruited and […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Ingenta Connect: March 1, 2014 Abstract: For Latinas with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels in the prediabetes and diabetes ranges, early detection can support steps to optimize their health. Data collected in 2009–2010 indicate that 36.7% of Latinas in the United States had elevated FPG levels. Latinas with elevated FPG who were unaware of their diabetes […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
CDC: 2/27/14 Abstract Introduction Hispanics are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle interventions are effective in preventing diabetes and restoring glucose regulation. Methods We recruited Hispanic men and women (N = 320) who were residents of the Lower Yakima Valley, Washington, aged 18 years or older with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels higher than […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Diabetes Care: February 26, 2014 OBJECTIVE Diabetes has held steady as the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. since 2006. While aggregated data provide insights into how the country as a whole, or even states, are faring with respect to diabetes mortality, disaggregation provides data that may facilitate targeted interventions and community engagement. RESEARCH DESIGN […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Diabetes Care: February 26, 2014 OBJECTIVE Diabetes care differs across racial and ethnic groups. This study aimed to assess the racial disparity of eye examinations among U.S. adults with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Working-age adults (age 18–64 years) with diabetes were studied using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (2002–2009) including the Diabetes Care […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Ebony: 2/26/14 Monifa Bandele on the Navajo Nation’s battle with junk food—and what we can learn from their efforts This may be your story too. My great great great grandmother, Americos, was an enslaved Native American woman in North Carolina during the mid 1800s. Along with some of her African co-captives, she escaped bondage, traveled north, and […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
BMC Public Health: February 18, 2014 Background The prevalence of diabetes is alarmingly high among Mexican American adults residing near the U.S.-Mexico border. Depression is also common among Mexican Americans with diabetes, and may have a negative influence on diabetes management. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the associations of depression and […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Cambridge: February 11, 2014 Background Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups are particularly susceptible to diabetes and its vascular complications in the United Kingdom and most western societies. To understand potential predisposition and tailor treatments accordingly, there is a real need to engage these groups in diabetes research. Despite this, BME participation in research studies continues to […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
NATURE GENETICS: February 9, 2014 To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry. We observed a significant excess in the directional consistency of T2D […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Journal of General Internal Medicine: February 2014 BACKGROUND Traditional risk factors, particularly obesity, do not completely explain the excess risk of diabetes among African Americans compared to whites. OBJECTIVE We sought to quantify the impact of recently identified, non-traditional risk factors on the racial disparity in diabetes risk. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS We analyzed data […]
