PMID- 25685290
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150216
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1948-9358 (Print)
IS  - 1948-9358 (Electronic)
IS  - 1948-9358 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
DP  - 2015 Feb 15
TI  - Literature review of type 2 diabetes mellitus among minority Muslim populations 
      in Israel.
PG  - 192-9
LID - 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.192 [doi]
AB  - This review surveys the literature published on the characteristics and 
      implications of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for the Arab and 
      Bedouin populations of Israel. T2DM is a global health problem. The rapid rise in 
      its prevalence in the Arab and Bedouin populations in Israel is responsible for 
      their lower life expectancy compared to Israeli Jews. The increased prevalence of 
      T2DM corresponds to increased rates of obesity in these populations. A major risk 
      group is adult Arab women aged 55-64 years. In this group obesity reaches 70%. 
      There are several genetic and nutritional explanations for this increase. We 
      found high hospitalization rates for micro and macrovascular complications among 
      diabetic patients of Arab and Bedouin origin. Despite the high prevalence of 
      diabetes and its negative health implications, there is evidence that care and 
      counseling relating to nutrition, physical activity and self-examination of the 
      feet are unsatisfactory. Economic difficulties are frequently cited as the reason 
      for inadequate medical care. Other proposed reasons include faith in traditional 
      therapy and misconceptions about drugs and their side effects. In Israel, the 
      quality indicators program is based on one of the world's leading information 
      systems and deals with the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. The 
      program's baseline data pointed to health inequality between minority populations 
      and the general population in several areas, including monitoring and control of 
      diabetes. Based on these data, a pilot intervention program was planned, aimed at 
      minority populations. This program led to a decrease in inequality and served as 
      the basis for a broader, more comprehensive intervention that has entered the 
      implementation stage. Interventions that were shown to be effective in other 
      Arabic countries may serve as models for diabetes management in the Arab and 
      Bedouin populations in Israel.
FAU - Treister-Goltzman, Yulia
AU  - Treister-Goltzman Y
AD  - Yulia Treister-Goltzman, Roni Peleg, the Department of Family Medicine and Siaal 
      Research Center for Family Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva and Clalit Health Services, 
      Southern District, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
FAU - Peleg, Roni
AU  - Peleg R
AD  - Yulia Treister-Goltzman, Roni Peleg, the Department of Family Medicine and Siaal 
      Research Center for Family Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva and Clalit Health Services, 
      Southern District, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - World J Diabetes
JT  - World journal of diabetes
JID - 101547524
PMC - PMC4317312
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arabs
OT  - Bedouins
OT  - Ethnic differences
OT  - Muslims
OT  - Pre-diabetes
OT  - Risk factors for diabetes
OT  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus
EDAT- 2015/02/17 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/17 06:01
PMCR- 2015/02/15
CRDT- 2015/02/17 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/11/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/11/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/02/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/02/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.192 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - World J Diabetes. 2015 Feb 15;6(1):192-9. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.192.