02014nam a22002657a 4500999001500000003000400015005001700019008004100036020002200077028005800099040002400157082001700181100001800198245004000216260002500256300000800281500063200289504027600921520033701197650001201534700002101546700002901567942001201596952014001608  c2162d2162OSt20190518095145.0190518b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a978-0-7020-4637-7  bAllied Informatics, Jaipurc6177d13/05/2019q2019-20  aBSDUbEnglishcBSDU  a616.462bEVA  aEvans, Josie   aPublic Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes  aUSAbElseviercc2016  a116  aPublic Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes provides up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format. Diabetes is a worldwide public health concern and is being referred to as the ‘global epidemic of diabetes’, the ‘silent epidemic’ and the ‘diabetes timebomb’.

The increasing incidence of diabetes, the heavy burden of morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes, and its spiralling healthcare costs, underpin the importance of a public health approach to its prevention and management. This Mini-Guide explores in more detail how public health practice might address some of these issues.  aContents
1. Definitions and epidemiology of diabetes

2. The burden and risks of diabetic complications

3. Management of diabetes and prevention of diabetic complications

4. Organisation of diabetes care

5. Living with diabetes

6. Public health prevention of diabetes  aKey Features
Covers all aspects of a public health approach to diabetes
Individual and population-level interventions
Case study examples help relate practice to theory
‘Thinking points’ encourage reflection and are a teaching aid
Each chapter ends with summary points, websites and further reading lists to help direct readers.  aMedical  a Scriven, Angela  aScriven, Angela (Editor)  2ddccBK  00102ddc40708REFaBSDUbBSDUd2019-05-18g1235.66l3o616.462 EVAp017756r2022-07-18 00:00:00s2022-03-26v1235.66w2019-05-18yBK