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Plain Language Review Of Diabetes Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People, Kathy Ride
Plain Language Review Of Diabetes Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People, Kathy Ride
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
This review provides an overview of key information on diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. The review focuses mostly on type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people because type 2 diabetes is responsible for the majority of cases of diabetes in this population. However, the review also refers to type 1 diabetes and gestational diabetes where information is available. It provides a historical, social and cultural background to the development of diabetes, and the behavioural and medical factors that contribute to diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
It provides information on …