The Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education.

Language is powerful and can have a strong impact on perceptions as well as behavior. A task force, consisting of representatives from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA), convened to discuss language in diabetes care and education. This document represents the expert opinion of the task force.

The Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education.

Language is powerful and can have a strong impact on perceptions as well as behavior. A task force, consisting of representatives from the American Association of Diabetes Educators and the American Diabetes Association, convened to discuss language in diabetes care and education. The literature supports the need for a language movement in diabetes care and education.

What it means to be an adolescent with diabetes.

Key psychosocial issues faced by the teen who has diabetes have been discussed, including survey data from parents, and healthcare professionals, with direct quotes from teens themselves. It is interesting to note that, while most youth are quick to discuss the many challenges they experience, most are able to see some benefits--or at least some positive aspects--of living with diabetes. There have been tremendous advances in diabetes care with the development of many new medications, equipment, and supplies.

Adapting instruments for caregiver research in elderly Japanese American women.

Accounting for cultural differences in caregiver research is now widely recognized. However, adapting instruments to assure reliable and valid data across cultures has been neglected, leading to concerns about information obtained in cross cultural research. This paper discusses instrumentation issues which influence the assessment of information in elderly women of Japanese descent who are caregivers to persons with dementia.

IDDM incidence in a multiracial population. The Hawaii IDDM Registry, 1980-1990.

Objective: The Hawaii IDDM Registry was created to determine the incidence rate of IDDM among children aged < 15 years of Oahu between 1980 and 1990. Because of the multiracial population living in Hawaii, it is an ideal state in which to study the effect of migration on IDDM incidence.

Research Design And Methods: Data were collected by a retrospective hospital chart review and physician survey.

Gestational diabetes in a rural setting.

Women who are already diabetic and become pregnant, as well as women who develop gestational diabetes, have increased risks of complications to both fetus and mother. These risks in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can be reduced to near that of a non-diabetic mother by normalizing the blood sugar. The current recommended standards are reviewed.