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Title: | Diabetes in Torres Strait Islanders: Challenges and opportunities for remote area nurses | Contributor(s): | Taylor, Sean Matthew (author); Usher, Kim (author) ; McDermott, Robyn (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.5172/conu.2013.46.1.46 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14360 | Abstract: | Torres Strait Islanders living in the Torres Strait region have the highest prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Australia; more than three times the rate of other Australians. Abdominal obesity and insulin resistance are the main causes for these high rates of the disorder. Further, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders diagnosed with diabetes have poorer glycaemic control and much lower rates of insulin use than non-Indigenous Australians diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes alongside extremely high rates of renal failure and other comorbidities. Interventions have been instigated in order to overcome these issues. Previously a simple recall system managed by local health workers achieved significant improvements in diabetes care, reduced diabetes-related hospitalisations by 40% and led to the implementation of a chronic disease register and recall system throughout the Torres Strait region. Nurses, Indigenous health workers and other health professionals play important roles in ensuring these intervention continue. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Contemporary Nurse, 46(1), p. 46-53 | Publisher: | eContent Management Pty Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-3535 1037-6178 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 450401 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and disability 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health Status and Outcomes 920210 Nursing |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 210302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes 200307 Nursing |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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