Diabetes

The toolkit for diabetes is available here: http://www.newhealth.govt.nz/toolkits/diabetes.htm

Here are links to resources on diabetes.

• New Zealand
• Maori and Pacific
• International

New Zealand

• Metcalf, P.A., Scragg, R.K.R. ‘Comparison of the WHO and ADA criteria for diagnosis of glucose status in a middle-aged New Zealand population’. Diab Res Clin Prac 49,169-180, 2000.
• Good, G. (1998). Women and Diabetes. Dis-information, October 16. Palmerston North: Audrey Green Disability Information Centre.
• Good, G. (1999). Women and diabetes. Breakthrough, 11 (1), 34.
• Kenealy, T.3,Scragg, R.2, Braatvedt, G.D. ‘Screening for type 2 diabetes in asymptomatic non-pregnant adults in New Zealand’. Health Funding Authority (commissioned publication), 52pp, November 2000.
• Bagg, W., Plank, L.2, Drury, P.L.3, Sharpe, N., Braatvedt, G.D. ‘Intensive control of blood glucose improves the metabolic syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus’. New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes, Christchurch, August, 2000.
• Bagg, W., Whalley, G.A., Doughty, R.N., Gamble, G., Drury, P.L.3, Sharpe, N., Braatvedt, G.D. ‘Cardiac and endothelial function is unaffected by intensive glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus’. New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes, Christchurch, August, 2000.
• Diabetes Research http://www.diabetes.org.nz/index.html Email: admin@diabetes.org.nz
• http://www.diabetesresearch.org.nz/ National Diabetes Research Center Development, Otago University.
  

Maori and Pacific

• Good, G. A. (2000). Diabetes education and support for Maori. Whakapai Hauora, Maori Health Service, 26 February, Palmerston North, NZ

International

• Gestational Diabetes: The Meaning of an At-Risk Pregnancy, Marilyn K. Evans1; Beverley O’Brien Qualitative Health Research, January 2005, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 66-81(16), SAGE Publications
  Being diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GDM) is coupled with the implication that the woman and her fetus are at risk. In this study, the authors use a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to gain an in-depth understanding of GDM as pregnant women meaningfully experience it. They conducted conversational interviews with 12 women who were diagnosed with and being treated for diabetes in pregnancy. Data analysis involved a reflective process consistent with the guidelines of thematic analysis. Four themes identified as characteristic of the women’s pregnancy experience were Living a Controlled Pregnancy, Balancing, Being a Responsible Mother, and Being Transformed. The findings challenge health care professionals to discuss openly and reassess their present models of care for pregnant women and their families.
• Representing gender in publications for diabetics Dorothy H. Broom and Geraldine Treacher summary
  This can be accessed at the website: http://hsr.e-contentmanagement.com/12-1p6.htm Health Sociology Review Volume 12/1 September 2003)
• Int. J. Epidemiol June 2003; Vol. 32, No. 3 URL: http://ije.oupjournals.org/content/vol32/issue3/index.shtml?etoc - includes the paper: Gender-related differences in the association between socioeconomic status and self-reported diabetes Mei Tang, Yue Chen, and Daniel Krewski Int. J. Epidemiol. 2003 32: 381-385. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/381?etoc