Cardiometabolic risk profile of young and old adults with diabetes: Pooled, cross-sectional analysis of 42 national health surveys
CONCLUSIONS: Levels of cardiometabolic risk factors in young versus old adults with diabetes were heterogenous across 42 countries and depended on the risk factor. This calls to monitor cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults with diabetes.PMID:37891056 | DOI:10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.007 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - October 27, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco Wilmer Cristobal Guzman-Vilca Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz Source Type: research
Cardiometabolic risk profile of young and old adults with diabetes: Pooled, cross-sectional analysis of 42 national health surveys
CONCLUSIONS: Levels of cardiometabolic risk factors in young versus old adults with diabetes were heterogenous across 42 countries and depended on the risk factor. This calls to monitor cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults with diabetes.PMID:37891056 | DOI:10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.007 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - October 27, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco Wilmer Cristobal Guzman-Vilca Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 11554: The Barriers to and Facilitators of Physical Activity and Sport for Oceania with Non-European, Non-Asian (ONENA) Ancestry Children and Adolescents: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review
Conclusions: Research in this area is lacking, with ONENA youth living in Australia and 12 PICT not represented. Overall, there were a larger number of facilitators experienced at individual and interpersonal levels, while barriers were highest at the community level, with the policy level having facilitators and barriers equally represented. Programs that offer PA and sport participation options with embedded SDT-informed strategies for all family members; that are accessible through existing transport and related social, cultural, and physical infrastructure; and that are committed to communities through formal co-design...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 14, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Louisa R. Peralta Renata L. Cinelli Wayne Cotton Sarah Morris Olivier Galy Corinne Caillaud Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research
Characterizing the health experience of Tuvaluan migrants in Auckland, New Zealand
This study aims to understand the views of recent Tuvaluan immigrants to Auckland, New Zealand on health behaviors, health care and immigration.
The authors conducted semi-structured interviews, key informant interviews and participant observation using a focused ethnography methodology.
Participants explained that Tuvaluans in New Zealand do not fully use primary care services, have a poorer diet and physical activity compared to those living in Tuvalu, and struggle to maintain well-paying, full-time employment.
As Tuvaluan immigration to New Zealand continues, it will be important to educate the Tuvaluan c...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - November 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jordan Paul Emont
Seipua O ’Brien
Vili Nosa
Elizabeth Terry Toll
Roberta Goldman Source Type: research
Rising seas, immobilities, and translocality in small island states: case studies from Fiji and Tuvalu
AbstractAs increasing global temperatures lead to sea level rise and associated impacts (e.g. flooding, erosion, saltwater intrusion), the relocation of people and assets away from sites of coastal risk has been viewed by some as a certainty. However, many people affected by emerging coastal changes remain in sites of residence. Here we examine the experiences of residents in three low-lying villages across two small island states: Dreketi and Karoko inFiji, and Funafala inTuvalu. Analysis of qualitative data from interviews shows that residents are concerned about local coastal changes, and largely attribute them to clima...
Source: Population and Environment - March 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Molecular Phylogenetics of Hepatitis D Virus in New Zealand and the Implications for Pacific Island Countries
This study supports the probable transmission of HDV Pacific clade around the PI from Micronesia to Polynesi a. The data also confirm the need to screen hepatitis B surface antigen-positive individuals for HDV.Intervirology (Source: Intervirology)
Source: Intervirology - March 1, 2021 Category: Virology Source Type: research
A severe diarrhoeal outbreak in a remote Pacific island community, Anuta Island, Solomon Islands, April-June 2019.
Authors: Craig AT, Manu S, Viga R, Joshua CA, Saepioh J, Sio AR
Abstract
CONTEXT: Solomon Islands is a small developing island state located in the south-western Pacific Ocean. A population of approximately 680 000 people live on more than one-third of the 992 islands that make up the country. Approximately 80% of the population reside in rural areas, many in remote, difficult to reach and poorly serviced island settings.
ISSUE: In May 2019, the national surveillance system detected a rumour of a severe diarrhoea outbreak in a very remote and isolated community on Anuta Island, located halfway betw...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - August 13, 2020 Category: Rural Health Tags: Rural Remote Health Source Type: research
Encounter mental health in Tuvalu: The prior study.
PMID: 31496274 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - September 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kuo CY Tags: Aust N Z J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Culture, climate change and mobility decisions in Pacific Small Island Developing States
AbstractThe Pacific Small Island Developing States are often considered on the frontline of climate change due to high levels of exposure to climate-related hazards and limited adaptive capacity to respond. In this context, Pacific Islanders may be displaced, or choose to migrate to escape risk and find more secure livelihoods. On the other hand, Pacific political and community leaders stress that mobility can be a threat to sovereignty and culture and should only be considered as a last resort. This paper adopts a cultural ecology framing to gain a greater understanding of these contested local discourses on climate chang...
Source: Population and Environment - May 16, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Development of a text message intervention aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm in patients admitted to hospital as a result of injury
Conclusions:
We have developed a text message intervention underpinned by established BI evidence and behaviour change theory and refined based on feedback and consultation. The next step is evaluation of the intervention in a randomised-controlled trial. (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - August 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah SharpeMatthew ShepherdBridget KoolRobyn WhittakerVili NosaEnid DoreySusanna GaleaPapaarangi ReidShanthi Ameratunga Source Type: research
