Barriers to Postpartum Glucose Intolerance Screening in an Italian Population

Glucose intolerance in Wisconsin's Hmong population.

Diabetes and IGT Prevalence in Islamshahr and Detection of Glucose Intolerance Screening and GTT: A Comparison

SUMMARY Due to the lack of information on diabetes prevalence and its precipitating factors and in view of the grave consequences of the disease, this study was carried out in 1993 to determine diabetes and IGT in Islamshahr, 30 km to the southwest of Tehran. Out of 244000 population in the district 2033 subjects over 30 years of age were selected hy stepwise randomized sampling. The subjects ...

Diagnostic strategies to detect glucose intolerance in a multiethnic population.

OBJECTIVE Identifying individuals who have elevated glucose concentrations is important for clinicians so that preventive strategies can be invoked, and it is useful for researchers who study associations between elevated glucose and adverse health outcomes. These methods should be applicable worldwide across different ethnic groups. Therefore, the objective of our analysis was to determine whe...

Barriers to breast cancer screening in a managed care population.

PURPOSE In 2006, Sharp Health Plan (SHP) conducted a campaign to increase mammography screening for at-risk female members that consisted of mailing each eligible member an informational mammography postcard with an appointment tracker. Then came an automated phone call reminder. After the mammography campaign, 70 percent of SHP members sought mammography screening while 30 percent remained non...

Postpartum depression screening: importance, methods, barriers, and recommendations for practice.

BACKGROUND Postpartum depression occurs in 10% to 20% of women who have recently given birth, but fewer than half of cases are recognized. The purpose of this review is to discuss the potential benefit of mass screening for improving postpartum depression recognition and outcomes. METHODS A review of the literature was conducted by searching MEDLINE, using the key words "depression," "postpar...