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Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening Program in Northern Alberta, Canada
Background. Geographic isolation, poverty, and loss of culture/tradition contribute to “epidemic” rates of diabetes amongst indigenous Canadians. The Mobile Diabetes Screening Initiative travels to rural indigenous and other remote communities in Alberta to screen for diabetes and cardiovascular ris...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22295188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/596475 |
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author | Ralph-Campbell, Kelli Oster, Richard T. Connor, Tracy Toth, Ellen L. |
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description | Background. Geographic isolation, poverty, and loss of culture/tradition contribute to “epidemic” rates of diabetes amongst indigenous Canadians. The Mobile Diabetes Screening Initiative travels to rural indigenous and other remote communities in Alberta to screen for diabetes and cardiovascular risk. We sought to examine risk factors longitudinally. Methods. Clinical and anthropometric measurements were undertaken for 809 adults (aged 20–91) between November 2003 and December 2009. For those who had more than one MDSi visit, trend estimates (actual changes) were calculated for body mass index (BMI), weight, waist circumference, hemoglobin A1c (A1c), total cholesterol, and blood pressure. Results. Among those without diabetes (N = 629), BMI and weight increased (P < .01) and blood pressure decreased (P < .05). For those with diabetes (N = 180), significant improvements (P < .05) were observed for all indicators except waist circumference. Conclusion. Improvements observed suggest that MDSi's model may effectively mediate some barriers and support subjects in managing their health. |
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spelling | pubmed-32638412012-01-31 Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening Program in Northern Alberta, Canada Ralph-Campbell, Kelli Oster, Richard T. Connor, Tracy Toth, Ellen L. Int J Family Med Research Article Background. Geographic isolation, poverty, and loss of culture/tradition contribute to “epidemic” rates of diabetes amongst indigenous Canadians. The Mobile Diabetes Screening Initiative travels to rural indigenous and other remote communities in Alberta to screen for diabetes and cardiovascular risk. We sought to examine risk factors longitudinally. Methods. Clinical and anthropometric measurements were undertaken for 809 adults (aged 20–91) between November 2003 and December 2009. For those who had more than one MDSi visit, trend estimates (actual changes) were calculated for body mass index (BMI), weight, waist circumference, hemoglobin A1c (A1c), total cholesterol, and blood pressure. Results. Among those without diabetes (N = 629), BMI and weight increased (P < .01) and blood pressure decreased (P < .05). For those with diabetes (N = 180), significant improvements (P < .05) were observed for all indicators except waist circumference. Conclusion. Improvements observed suggest that MDSi's model may effectively mediate some barriers and support subjects in managing their health. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3263841/ /pubmed/22295188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/596475 Text en Copyright © 2011 Kelli Ralph-Campbell et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ralph-Campbell, Kelli Oster, Richard T. Connor, Tracy Toth, Ellen L. Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title | Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural
Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening
Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title_full | Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural
Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening
Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title_fullStr | Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural
Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening
Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title_full_unstemmed | Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural
Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening
Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title_short | Emerging Longitudinal Trends in Health Indicators for Rural
Residents Participating in a Diabetes and Cardiovascular Screening
Program in Northern Alberta, Canada |
title_sort | emerging longitudinal trends in health indicators for rural
residents participating in a diabetes and cardiovascular screening
program in northern alberta, canada |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22295188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/596475 |
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