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Diabetes mellitus and the Aboriginal diabetic initiative in Canada: An update review.
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- Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in the adult Inuit population of Nunavik (northern Quebec, Canada).Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- The methods of improving cultural sensitivity of depression scales for use among global indigenous populations: a systematic scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- Safe and valid? A systematic review of the psychometric properties of culturally adapted depression scales for use among Indigenous populations.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Environmental contaminants and the disproportionate prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus among Indigenous Cree women in James Bay Quebec, Canada.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Fisher's Linear Discriminant Function Analysis and its Potential Utility as a Tool for the Assessment of Health-and-Wellness Programs in Indigenous Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- "It's all interconnected… like a spider web": a qualitative study of the meanings of food and healthy eating in an Indigenous community.International journal of circumpolar health · 2019Article
- Challenges and Legal Gaps of Genetic Profiling in the Era of Big Data.Frontiers in big data · 2019Article
- Diabetes care in the dispersed population of Greenland. A new model based on continued monitoring, analysis and adjustment of initiatives taken.International journal of circumpolar health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of major global health concern due to its increasing prevalence in both developing and developed counties, with a projection increase of 214% from the year 2000 to 2030. Among the Aboriginal population of Canada (which includes the First Nations, Inuit and Metis), diabetes mellitus contribute significantly to their higher morbidity and increased health disparity when compared to the non-Aboriginal Canadians. In view of this, the Federal Government of Canada had launched the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) in 1999 as part of the bigger Canadian Diabetes Strategy to provide a better framework for surveillance, public education and community-based management of diabetes. Originally, ADI was intended for a 5-year cycle, but it was renewed twice in 2005 and then 2010, with a total funding of C$523 million. Given its long history of operation and the massive amount of revenue being injected, it is worthwhile to review the background information and the relevant data that had fostered the ADI; and more importantly, to critically evaluate the benefits and impact of the ADI in terms of the actual health of the Aboriginals and their social inequalities.
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