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Diabetes as a Disease of Civilization : The Impact of Culture Change on Indigenous Peoples / ed. by Jennie R. Joe, Robert S. Young.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Babylon : Studies in the Social Sciences ; 50Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]Copyright date: ©1994Edition: Reprint 2012Description: 1 online resource (527 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110134742
  • 9783110853148
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.4
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
i-iv -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Diabetes prevalence in North America -- Chapter 1. Diabetes among Canadian Indians and Inuit: An epidemiological overview -- Chapter 2. Diabetes and Indians: A clinician’s perspective -- II. Tribal and regional studies -- Chapter 3. The history of diabetes mellitus in the Desert People -- Chapter 4. Many Farms revisited: Evidence of increasing weight and non-insulin dependent diabetes in a Navajo community -- Chapter 5. Diabetes among the Kiowa: An ethnohistorical perspective -- Chapter 6. Diabetes among the Alaska Natives – The emergence of a chronic disease with changing life-styles -- Chapter 7. Diabetes and pregnancy among Alaska Natives: Prevalence and sociocultural aspects -- Chapter 8. Factors that influence the onset of diabetes in Dogrib Indians of the Canadian Northwest Territories -- III. Cultural issues and health beliefs -- Chapter 9. Traditional beliefs and attitudes about diabetes among Navajos and Utes -- Chapter 10. Explanations of diabetes: Anishinaabeg and Dakota deliberate upon a new illness -- Chapter 11. Perceptions of diabetes by Indian adolescents -- Chapter 12. Presenting complaints in a Navajo Indian diabetic population -- IV. Culture and diet -- Chapter 13. Diet, culture, and diabetes -- Chapter 14. Food habit and cultural changes among the Pima Indians -- Chapter 15. Dietary change among the Navajo: Implications for diabetes -- V. Medical perspectives -- Chapter 16. Cultural barriers to delivering health care: The non-Indian provider perspective -- Chapter 17. The Gila River Diabetes Prevention Model -- Chapter 18. Community approaches to diabetes prevention -- Contributors -- Index of subjects
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i-iv -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Diabetes prevalence in North America -- Chapter 1. Diabetes among Canadian Indians and Inuit: An epidemiological overview -- Chapter 2. Diabetes and Indians: A clinician’s perspective -- II. Tribal and regional studies -- Chapter 3. The history of diabetes mellitus in the Desert People -- Chapter 4. Many Farms revisited: Evidence of increasing weight and non-insulin dependent diabetes in a Navajo community -- Chapter 5. Diabetes among the Kiowa: An ethnohistorical perspective -- Chapter 6. Diabetes among the Alaska Natives – The emergence of a chronic disease with changing life-styles -- Chapter 7. Diabetes and pregnancy among Alaska Natives: Prevalence and sociocultural aspects -- Chapter 8. Factors that influence the onset of diabetes in Dogrib Indians of the Canadian Northwest Territories -- III. Cultural issues and health beliefs -- Chapter 9. Traditional beliefs and attitudes about diabetes among Navajos and Utes -- Chapter 10. Explanations of diabetes: Anishinaabeg and Dakota deliberate upon a new illness -- Chapter 11. Perceptions of diabetes by Indian adolescents -- Chapter 12. Presenting complaints in a Navajo Indian diabetic population -- IV. Culture and diet -- Chapter 13. Diet, culture, and diabetes -- Chapter 14. Food habit and cultural changes among the Pima Indians -- Chapter 15. Dietary change among the Navajo: Implications for diabetes -- V. Medical perspectives -- Chapter 16. Cultural barriers to delivering health care: The non-Indian provider perspective -- Chapter 17. The Gila River Diabetes Prevention Model -- Chapter 18. Community approaches to diabetes prevention -- Contributors -- Index of subjects

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