The pioneers of Vietnam's epidemiological transition: an ethnographic study of pregnant women's experiences of gestational diabetes

CONCLUSIONS: The biomedical presence yet social absence of GDM turned women into pioneers at biomedical, digital, epidemiological, and family frontiers. This article calls for appreciation of pregnant women's pioneering roles and for health systems action to involve women and families in the development of GDM policies and programmes at a time of sweeping global health changes.PMID:38693861 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2024.2341521

Source: Global Health Action - May 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tine M Gammeltoft Thi Ai Nguyen Thi Kim Dung Ngoc-Anh Thi Dang Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen Van Tien Nguyen Ib C Bygbjerg Source Type: research