Preventing Diabetes in American Indian Communities

• Autores: William C. Knowler, Ronald T. Ackermann
• Localización: Diabetes care, ISSN-e 0149-5992, Vol. 36, Nº. 7, 2013, págs. 1820-1822
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Because of this dramatic result and the disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes among American Indians, the U.S. Congress appropriated funds to implement lifestyle interventions patterned on the DPP starting in 2006 in 36 American Indian or Alaska Native communities. [...]through the SDPI-DP, the Indian Health Service has continued its admirable tradition of translating medical research findings into practice in challenging settings - often in isolated, rural, and economically deprived areas.