Examining the incidence of pre diabetes in Belize

JM Isabel - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 2018 - clsjournal.ascls.org
This research included diabetes screening assessment for a population in Belize that may
not have ready access to testing. Data gathered on gender, age and ethnicity was correlated …

Screening for diabetes in an African-American community: the Project DIRECT experience.

DS Porterfield, R Din, A Burroughs… - Journal of the …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To report the results of a community-based screening program associated with Project
DIRECT, a multiyear diabetes mellitus prevention and control project targeting African …

Improving prediabetes screenings at rural Missouri county health departments

CA Rariden, MA Lavin, S Yun - Journal of community health, 2015 - Springer
With prediabetes criteria expanding in recent years, nurses offering prediabetes screenings
require updates to stay abreast of current clinical guidelines. This study looked to improve …

Implementation of a Prediabetes Risk Test for an Underserved Population in a Federally Qualified Health Center

MM Kim, KE Kreider, BI Padilla, K Lambes - Clinical Diabetes, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Consistent screening for prediabetes is imperative to ensure early detection and timely
intervention to prevent progression to diabetes. Adopting a standardized approach such as …

Comparison of laboratory test frequency and test results between African-Americans and Caucasians with diabetes: opportunity for improvement: findings from a large …

K Wisdom, JP Fryzek, SL Havstad… - Diabetes …, 1997 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To compare African-American and Caucasian patients with preexisting
diabetes in a health maintenance organization (HMO) on: 1) frequency with which they …

Evaluation of non-invasive screening measures to identify individuals with prediabetes

KK Vanderwood, MK Kramer, RG Miller… - Diabetes research and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aims Because blood-based screening to identify those with prediabetes to take part in
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) translation efforts can be costly and time-consuming …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Navajo adolescents.

C Kim, C McHugh, Y Kwok, A Smith - Western journal of medicine, 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetes mellitus afflicts over one-fifth of the Navajo population aged over 20 years, but the
prevalence of diabetes in Navajo adolescents is unclear. We conducted voluntary testing for …

Comparison of screening methods in a diabetes prevalence survey among northern Indians.

TK Young, J Krahn - Clinical and Investigative medicine. Medecine …, 1988 - europepmc.org
The use of medical records, fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour post-challenge glucose and
glycosylated hemoglobin is compared in a population diabetes screening survey among …

Screening for diabetes in an African American community: identifying characteristics associated with abnormal blood glucose readings

D Saffar, DW Perkins, V Williams, A Kapke… - Journal of the National …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective To identify characteristics associated with abnormal blood glucose readings
among African Americans and to determine the potential value of a more targeted approach …

Diabetes awareness among African americans in rural North Carolina

AK Antony, WA Baaklini - North Carolina medical journal, 2004 - ncmedicaljournal.com
Objective: To evaluate the extent of diabetes unawareness in rural North Carolina. Methods:
Randomly administered an eight-question survey to African Americans age 15-74 living in …