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Adolescent Diabetes (adolescent + diabetes)
Selected AbstractsInternational Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)PEDIATRIC DIABETES, Issue 1 2006Article first published online: 20 FEB 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Nutritional management in childhood and adolescent diabetesPEDIATRIC DIABETES, Issue 5 2007Ellen Aslander-van Vliet First page of article [source] Advanced course in paediatric and adolescent diabetesPRACTICAL DIABETES INTERNATIONAL (INCORPORATING CARDIABETES), Issue 7 2003Dr Timothy G Barrett (Course Organiser) Senior Lecturer Paediatrics No abstract is available for this article. [source] PERINATAL AND CHILDHOOD PRECURSORS OF ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASECLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 2007Lawrence Beilin SUMMARY 1Longitudinal studies from the US, Australia and Europe have demonstrated tracking of childhood risk factors for cardiovascular disease from adolescence into adult life. These factors include obesity, blood cholesterol levels, blood pressure and measures of insulin resistance. Worldwide increases in childhood obesity and overweight are already resulting in increases in adolescent diabetes and are likely to translate into earlier onset hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adults. 2Low birth weight has also been associated with increased risk of adult cardiovascular disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, but there is considerable debate as to the relative importance of pre- and postnatal influences. 3These issues are discussed in the context of results of a longitudinal cohort study of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in Western Australia, the ,Raine' childhood cohort, which showed that in a well-nourished Australian population at age 8 there was a U-shaped relationship between birth weight and a cluster of factors predisposing to adult cardiovascular disease, with postnatal weight gain being the dominant factor. 4Future public health programmes should focus on both pre- and early postnatal factors predisposing to obesity, hypertension and diabetes. [source] How do parents perceive their adolescent's diabetes: a qualitative studyDIABETIC MEDICINE, Issue 11 2006Aaron E. Carroll Abstract Background/aims The developmental tasks of adolescence, combined with physical changes, can interfere with self-management behaviour. Yet little is known about how parents view these challenges as they attempt to help their children cope with diabetes. Our objective was to understand how living with an adolescent with diabetes influences parents' perceptions of their child's well-being, their relationship with their child, and how they perceive the influence of peers and school on their child's diabetes. Methods Twenty-eight parents of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes, aged 13,18 years, participated in focus groups. Transcripts were analysed using qualitative methods to determine dominant themes and incidence density. Results Themes included how diabetes negatively influences their adolescent's lifestyle, how diabetes makes it difficult for parents to understand developmental challenges experienced by their child, concerns regarding the potential to develop long-term complications, perceptions on how diabetes impacts on their relationship with their child and relationships with peers and how their children's school impacts on their diabetes self-management Conclusions This qualitative focus group study provides insight into parental perceptions of adolescents living with Type 1 diabetes, specifically as it relates to lifestyle implications, relationships with parents, peers and physicians, and school experiences. [source] | ||||||||||