Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Transportation Among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: Lack of access to reliable transportation is a barrier to utilizing healthcare and other resources related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Little research has evaluated race/ethnicity-based differences in access to reliable transportation among persons with T2DM.

Purpose: To examine whether access to reliable transportation for persons with T2DM differed by race/ethnicity.

Depression and Cost-Related Health Care Utilization Among Persons with Diabetes.

The presence of depression among people with diabetes can substantially increase health care costs and reduce health care utilization. This study aimed at further elucidating the factors underlying the relationship between depressive disorders and health care utilization among people with diabetes. Data were obtained from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and the sample was limited to people with diabetes ( = 22,642).

Intimate partner violence and child loss: an evaluation of 7 sub-Saharan African countries.

Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child loss disproportionately affect women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Little research has examined the relationship between IPV and child loss in SSA.

Methods: We used data from Demographic Health Surveys in 7 countries in SSA (Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, and Rwanda).

Adherence patterns to oral hypoglycemic agents among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes.

Aims: To examine patterns of adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and to assess whether these patterns were associated with baseline intervention allocation, sociodemographic characteristics, and clinical indicators.

Methods: Adherence patterns were examined by Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) caps at baseline and 12 weeks. Participants (n = 72) were randomly allocated to a Patient Prioritized Planning (PPP) intervention or a control group.