Global Health Perspectives In Prediabetes And Diabetes Prevention

This comprehensive text is unique in its compilation of experiences in addressing the global diabetes epidemic and description of diverse worldwide prevention initiatives. Background chapters describe the diagnosis and definition of diabetes, the epidemiology, pathophysiology of prediabetes as well as clinical trial evidence for diabetes prevention and treatment. Furthermore, the critical role of government in formulating a global health agenda, policy perspectives for European initiatives, the importance of nutritional policies for diabetes prevention as well as the development of the necessary capacity and infrastructure for diabetes prevention are described. Given the prevalence of diabetes in South Asians and migrants, one chapter focuses on risk factors and prevention of diabetes in these communities. Other chapters detail local and regional approaches covering a truly global span: United States, Latin America, Europe, India, Turkey, (Siberia) Russia, the Middle East and North Africa, South Africa, Israel, East Asia and Australia. Authored by academic experts in endocrinology and diabetes and global leaders in epidemiology and public health, this landmark text is an authoritative reference for a diverse audience including government, public health and policy experts and researchers, academicians, healthcare professionals, endocrinologists and clinicians interested in prediabetes and diabetes prevention, graduate students and faculty in public and global health graduate programs, epidemiologists, nutritionists, sociologists and those in translational medicine. Readers will broaden their awareness of the prevailing and burgeoning diabetes epidemic and the remarkably creative worldwide prevention initiatives undertaken to address the seemingly insurmountable inherent challenges posed by this global health care crisis. The text is an attestation to the wonderful potential for enormous human collaboration and achievement when communal organizations, governments at local, regional and national levels, researchers, the medical and public health communities, and nutrition experts join with global citizenry in confronting one of the most significant healthcare challenges witnessed in this century. Contents:Diagnosis and Definition (Martin Buysschaert, Vanessa Preumont, Jose Luis Medina and Michael Bergman)Epidemiology of Prediabetes (Crystal Man Ying Lee and Stephen Colagiuri)Pathophysiology of Prediabetes: Role of Lipotoxicity? (Amalia Gastaldelli and Ele Ferrannini)Primary Prevention Trials in Type 2 Diabetes (Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Samith A Shetty and Arun Nanditha)Treatment of Prediabetes (Muhammad A Abdul-Ghani, Mustafa Kanat and Ralph A DeFronzo)Diabetes Prevention and Nutrition Policies from a Global Perspective (Eleanore Alexander, Deepak Patel, Katherine Tryon, Marieke Loubser and Derek Yach)Global Health and Governmental Policies in Diabetes Prevention (Jean Claude Mbanya and Renee Bowers)Infrastructure and Capacity for Diabetes Prevention in The United States (Mohammed K Ali and Ann L Albright)Epidemiological Trends, Risk Factors and Prevention of Diabetes: Special Focus on South Asians and Migrants (Akhtar Hussain, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Fareeha Shaikh, Nayla Cristina do Vale Moreira and AKA Khan)European Initiatives in Diabetes Prevention: Policy Perspectives (Peter E H Schwarz and Jaakko Tuomilehto)Real Life Diabetes Prevention in Europe (P E H Schwarz and A Gilis-Januszewska)Characteristics of Prediabetes/Diabetes and Prevention Initiatives in East Asia (Hirohito Sone)Real Life Diabetes Prevention Initiatives in India (Harish Ranjani, Mary Beth Weber, KM Venkat Narayan and Viswanathan Mohan)Diabetes Prevention in the Middle East and North Africa Region (Adel A El-Sayed, Eman Sabet and Amal Khalifa)Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention in South Africa (Naomi Levitt, Krisela Steyn and Kirsty Bobrow)Prevention of Diabetes in Israel (Avivit Cahn, Ronit Endevelt and Itamar Raz)Diabetes Prevention in Australia: The Challenges of Scaling-up and Rolling-out Programs (Philip Vita, Prasuna Reddy, Amy Timoshanko and Stephen Colagiuri)Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention Initiatives in Turkey (M Temel Yilmaz and Sehnaz Karadeniz)Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention Initiatives in Siberia, Russia (Mikhail Voevoda, Olga Sazonova, Galina Simonova, Yuri Nikitin, Eugene Shubnikov, Diana Denisova, Marina Fomicheva and Elena Dergacheva)Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention Initiatives in Latin-America (LA) (Rafael Gabriel, Clicerio González-Villalpando, Patricio López-Jaramillo, Tania Acosta, Ruy López Ridaura, Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, Jaakko Tuomilehto and Pablo Aschner) Readership: Academicians, clinicians, endocrinologists, epidemiologists, healthcare professionals, government, public health and policy experts and researchers, graduate students and faculty in public and global health graduate programs, nutritionists, sociologists, translational medicine, preventive medicine and others (agriculture and food industry, community planning). Key Features:Novel — no other comprehensive resource availableProminent international authorshipComprehensive examination of major global health issueKeywords:Prediabetes;Diabetes;Diabetes Prevention;Global Health;Epidemiology;Population Health;Non-Communicable Disease

Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related conditions cause more than 40 percent of all deaths globally, and their substantial burden is rising, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Their burden extends well beyond health effects to include significant economic and societal consequences. Most of these conditions are related, share risk factors, and have common control measures at the clinical, population, and policy levels. Lives can be extended and improved when these diseases are prevented, detected, and managed. This volume summarizes current knowledge and presents evidence-based interventions that are effective, cost-effective, and scalable in LMICs.

"On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, WHO issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults. This dramatic rise is largely due to the rise in type 2 diabetes and factors driving it include overweight and obesity. In 2012 alone diabetes caused 1.5 million deaths. Its complications can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. The new report calls upon governments to ensure that people are able to make healthy choices and that health systems are able to diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes. It encourages us all as individuals to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain."--Publisher's description.

This book is a complete guide to the diagnosis and management of diabetes. Divided into eight sections, the text begins with an overview of the history, epidemiology and pathogenesis of the disease. The next chapters discuss different types diabetes, diagnosis, managements techniques, and monitoring. The following sections cover chronic and acute complications, and diabetes in special situations such as in pregnancy and during Ramadan. The book concludes with discussion on transplant, gene and stem cell therapy, psychosocial aspects, and public health and economics. The comprehensive text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and exhaustive references. Key points Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of diabetes Covers different types of diabetes and potential complications Includes discussion on diabetes in special situations such as in pregnancy or during Ramadan Features clinical photographs, diagrams and exhaustive references

Accompanying CD-ROM contains working papers, reports of meetings to develop the prioritized NCD research agenda (2008-2010), lists of participants, list of other contributors and institutions that participated and research priorities for cardiovascular disease prevention and control.

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. The fourth edition of Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest developments in the field. Divided into 19 sections, the book begins with discussion on the epidemiology, physiology and metabolism of the disease; its diagnosis and classification; and aetiopathogenesis, genetics and hormone action. The following sections cover types of diabetes, including in different segments of the population; clinical features and complications; diabetes with comorbidities; and management of the disease through both pharmacotherapy and non-pharmaceutical methods. Key points Fully revised new edition presenting latest advances in diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus Covers diabetes in different population groups and with comorbidities Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables Previous edition (9789351520900) published in 2014

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world’s leading medical anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science research has contributed to international health and elucidates what social science research can contribute to global health and the study of biopolitics in the future. Nichter focuses on our cultural understanding of infectious and vector-borne diseases, how they are understood locally, and how various populations respond to public health interventions. The book examines the perceptions of three groups whose points of view on illness, health care, and the politics of responsibility often differ and frequently conflict: local populations living in developing countries, public health practitioners working in international health, and health planners/policy makers. The book is written for both health social scientists working in the fields of international health and development and public health practitioners interested in learning practical lessons they can put to good use when engaging communities in participatory problem solving. Global Health critically examines representations that frame international health discourse. It also addresses the politics of what is possible in a world compelled to work together to face emerging and re-emerging diseases, the control of health threats associated with political ecology and defective modernization, and the rise of new assemblages of people who share a sense of biosociality. The book proposes research priorities for a new program of health social science research. Nichter calls for greater involvement by social scientists in studies of global health and emphasizes how medical anthropologists in particular can better involve themselves as scholar activists.

Global health is a rapidly emerging discipline with a transformative potential for public policy and international development. Emphasizing transnational health issues, global health aims to improve health and achieve health equity for all people worldwide. Its multidisciplinary scope includes contributions from many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences, including clinical medicine, public health, social and behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, economics, public policy, law and ethics. This large reference offers up-to-date information and expertise across all aspects of global health and helps readers to achieve a truly multidisciplinary understanding of the topics, trends as well as the clinical, socioeconomic and environmental drivers impacting global health. As a fully comprehensive, state-of-the-art and continuously updated, living reference, the Handbook of Global Health is an important, dynamic resource to provide context for global health clinical care, organizational decision-making, and overall public policy on many levels. Health workers, physicians, economists, environmental and social scientists, trainees and medical students as well as professionals and practitioners will find this handbook of great value.