Strategies for Diabetes Awareness, Prevention and Control: Focusing on Prediabetes/ Addressing Socioecological Determinants of Prediabetes and Diabetes
October 24, 2017
The world is in the midst of parallel and rapidly advancing epidemics – obesity and type 2 diabetes – that begun in the latter of the 20th century and continue to grow, unchecked. Currents prevalence rates are staggering and are expected to climb over the ensuing decades. In 2015, health centers in or immediately accessible to public housing served 590,393 diabetics, 186,268 (32 percent) of these patients have a HbA1c>9. This learning collaborative addresses strategies for diabetes awareness, prevention and control, and the socioecological determinants of prediabetes and diabetes.