'What kind of life is this?' Diabetes related notions of wellbeing among adults in eastern Uganda and implications for mitigating future chronic disease risk.
Roy William MayegaE EkirapaB KirundaC NalwaddaJ AwekoG TomsonC G OstensonJ Van OlmenM DaivadanamJ KiguliPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
To make type 2 diabetes prevention relevant to healthy people, health education messages should link current lifestyles to future wellbeing. Diabetes patients need counselling support, akin to that in HIV care, to address deep worry and loss of hope.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- glycemic control
- cardiovascular disease
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- current status
- ejection fraction
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- south africa
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- smoking cessation
- drug induced
- antiretroviral therapy
- breast cancer risk