Associations with low rates of postpartum glucose screening after gestational diabetes among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women.

Conclusions: Postpartum diabetes screening rates following GDM in Far North Queensland are low, particularly among Indigenous women, with lower rates seen in the regional centre; and among non-Indigenous women with indicators of low socioeconomic status. Implications: Strategies are urgently needed to improve postpartum diabetes screening after GDM that reach women most at risk. PMID: 25377028 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 6, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Chamberlain C, Fredericks B, McLean A, Oldenburg B, Mein J, Wolfe R Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research