Publications by authors named "Lisa Murdock"

Despite medical advances, diabetes management remains a considerable challenge in the United States, with little to no improvement in patient outcomes and stark disparities in underserved communities. One acute challenge is that, as the US population with diabetes grows steadily-numbering 38.4 million people today-there are too few endocrinologists available to treat the disease and the burdens on primary care professionals, who treat more than 90% of cases currently, are staggering.

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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, a multidisciplinary expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology.

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Purpose: This study aimed to assess the perspectives of youth survivors of sex trafficking on healthcare to improve care for this vulnerable and often unrecognized population.

Design And Methods: Semi-structured focus groups were conducted with eight survivors in Southern California who interacted with the healthcare system while being sex trafficked. Interviews were audio- and/or video-recorded and transcribed verbatim.

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