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The Indigenous Determinants Of Health As Predictors For Diabetes And Unmet Health Needs Among Urban Indigenous People: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study In Toronto, Ontario, Stephanie Rachael Mcconkey
The Indigenous Determinants Of Health As Predictors For Diabetes And Unmet Health Needs Among Urban Indigenous People: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study In Toronto, Ontario, Stephanie Rachael Mcconkey
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National statistics commonly present Indigenous peoples as a falsely homogenous group of people experiencing disproportionate ill health when compared to non-Indigenous peoples. There are significant gaps in statistical information regarding the health services access barriers experienced by Indigenous people that disrupts the quality of care they receive or prevents them from accessing care altogether. Our Health Counts Toronto is a community-based study that employed respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methodologies to sample 917 urban Indigenous adults. Prevalence estimates and prevalence ratios were calculated using RDS-II weights and adjusting for clustering by shared recruiter in SAS 9.4 and SAS-callable SUDAAN 11.0 software. This …
Oral Glucose Insulin Secretion Test For Identifying Patients With Insulin Resistance, David Kershner
Oral Glucose Insulin Secretion Test For Identifying Patients With Insulin Resistance, David Kershner
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Insulin resistance is an increasing public health issue with the current literature, suggesting reduced sensitivity of insulin leads to adult onset diabetes and associated downstream pathologies that reduce life expectancy. The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the ability of the Oral Glucose Insulin Secretion Test (OGIST) to identify insulin resistance and examine differences in the insulin sensitivity based on gender, age, and ethnicity. This study was supported by the insulin resistance theory which focuses on the reduced ability of insulin to bind to the cellular insulin receptor, reducing the sensitivity of insulin. The OGIST lab results of …