Prevention of Diabetes

Expertly authored by the world’s leading specialists in the field, Prevention of Diabetes is the definitive guide for better preventative diabetes care.  Using an evidence–based approach, it outlines the very latest in the identification of people at high risk for type 2 diabetes and how best to use interventional methods such as screening at–risk individuals, pharmaceutical intervention and lifestyle changes.  In addition, it will provide healthcare professionals with the clinical knowledge required to clearly identify the early symptoms of diabetes, enabling them to provide their patients with better clinical care and helping avoid the onset of full–blown diabetes. Also covered are both the health economics of establishing, and the methods of implement/delivering targeted prevention programmes into clinical and health care practice, based on the vast experience of the editors due to their involvement in such programmes. Prevention of Diabetes provides clear and expert information in a practical, accessible way, and is ideal reading for all those with an interest in the prevention of diabetes and obesity, such as public health workers, specialists in diabetes and obesity, and GP’s seeing patients with early onset or pre–diabetes symptoms.

Contributors, vii Preface, x 1 What have we learned from the number of clinical trials?, 1 Jaana Lindström 2 Identification of target populations for intervention, 15 Paul Valensi and Emmanuel Cosson 3 Diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes prevention, 33 Martin Buysschaert and Michael Bergman 4 What do we know about recruitment and retention in diabetes prevention programs? An Australian perspective, 47 Philip Vita, Prasuna Reddy, Amy Timoshanko, Andrew Milat, Jane Shill, Alice Gibson, Greg Johnson and Stephen Colagiuri 5 Depression and diabetes prevention, 70 Norbert Hermanns 6 Diabetes prevention in a challenging environment, 84 Abdul Basit and Musarrat Riaz 7 Global migration and prevention of diabetes, 94 Bishwajit Bhowmik, Victoria Telle Hjellset and Akhtar Hussain 8 Diabetes prevention in practice: examples from the real world, 114 Konstantinos Makrilakis, Stavros Liatis, Aleksandra Gilis–Januszewska and Peter Schwarz 9 Quality management and outcome evaluation in diabetes prevention, 129 Markku Peltonen and Rüdiger Landgraf 10 Training of prevention managers, 144 Peter Kronsbein 11 Prevention of type 2 diabetes: the role of physical activity, 159 Thomas Yates, Melanie Davies and Kamlesh Khunti 12 Overview: Potentials of new media for the training of health educators in the fi eld of diabetes prevention, 177 Daniel Tolks and Martin R. Fischer 13 Practical approach to the implementation of diabetes prevention, 195 Avivit Cahn, Itamar Raz and Baruch Itzhak Index, 209