PUBLIC HEALTH: Diabetes Flashcards
Why is diabetes a public health issue?
It is preventable!
It is serious and causes many co-morbidities
Major inequalities in prevalence and outcomes
Briefly describe primary, secondary and tertiary prevention methods associated with diabetes?
Primary: preventing diabetes
Secondary: diagnosing diabetes earlier
Tertiary: effective management + supporting self-management
Primary prevention of diabetes?
Identifying those at risk
Remove the risk in these people
Who is at risk of diabetes?
Older age
Ethnicities, Caucasians are a at a lower risk
Family history
High BMI
History of gestational diabetes
How are people screened for diabetes?
When they go for NHS health checks
They are also screening if they have risk factors
How do you attempt to remove the risk of diabetes in people?
Suggest lifestyle change
Increase in physical activity
Change in diet
Sustained weight loss
What is HealthierYou?
The new NHS diabetes prevention programme!
Lifestyle, education, weight loss support groups
Secondary management of diabetes?
Raising awareness of diabetes, so people are aware of the symptoms and go and get checked
Raising awareness of diabetes in health professionals
Using clinical records to identify those at risk and screening them
