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 Diabetes
and Health Disparities
Diabetes is the only major disease with a death rate that is still rising. Minority populations are particularly at risk. This book
combines a social, cultural, and historical analysis of the disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes in communities of color across
the U.S. with a comprehensive epidemiological overview.
This innovative book reframes the traditional biomedical view of diabetes
and its principle risk factor - obesity - from a focus on the body, personal choices, and the clinical manifestations of diabetes to an
examination of the social environment. It emphasizes the importance of
community-based approaches to healthy eating, exercise, and reducing the 'obesogenic' environment in which many minorities live.
This book offers the first comprehensive overview of social determinants of the disparity in diabetes prevalence in communities of color across the U.S. It provides an extensive, systematic
review of the diabetes literature. It catalogues evidence-based and promising community models, interventions and policies that are
scalable.
It presents lessons learned from successful diabetes prevention and control programs.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Overview of diabetes; Chapter 2: Diabetes in communities of color in the U.S.; Chapter 3: The co-emergence of the diabetes and obesity epidemics; Chapter 4: Reframing diabetes risk from personal choice to the social environment; Chapter 5: The centrality of "community" in diabetes prevention and control; Chapter 6: Implications for health policy and public health practice; Chapter 7: How will we know we're winning the battle to eliminate disparities in diabetes?
Author Biographies
Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA serves as Chief of the Community Health and Program Services Branch within the Division of Adult
and Community Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA where she leads a staff of 25 public
health practitioners and scientists in providing national leadership and expert consultation in community health promotion and the
elimination of health disparities. Of the 19 years Dr. Liburd has worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she spent
12 years in the Division of Diabetes Translation at CDC and is recognized as a national expert in the development of community
models for diabetes prevention and control programs in racial and ethnic communities in the continental U.S., as well as in the Pacific
Rim. In addition to her years of public health experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Liburd has worked at
both the local and state levels conducting public health education programs for medically underserved communities.
A cura della Redazione Scientifica di SIAECM
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Titolo: Diabetes and Health
Disparities
Contributors: Leandris C. Liburd (author)
Anno di pubblicazione: 15 ottobre 2009
Codice ISBN - 10 : 082-610-128-3
Codice
EAN:
978-082-610-128-0
Pagine: 256 |
Prezzo: £51.50
Editore: Springer Publishing Co Inc
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