Equitable Management of Type 2 Diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native Adults
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Prior to the 1940s, type 2 diabetes was considered a rare disease in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals. However, because of multiple complex factors, it rapidly progressed and became endemic within a matter of decades. Despite community-led interventions to prevent diabetes onset and progression, AI/AN individuals are disproportionately affected by diabetes and remain grossly underrepresented in diabetes treatment research. To provide equitable health care for AI/ANs with diabetes, clinicians should develop an understanding of important socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence health outcomes.
Source: Clinical Diabetes
DOI: 10.2337/cd25-0022
Authors: Brian G. Collins, Cindy O. Jean-Baptiste
Institutions: Berry College, Shenandoah University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7092183633