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Research and outreach can lessen the overall burden of diabetes in farmworkers

Author(s) -

Lucía Kaiser,

Anna Martin,

Francene M. Steinbergy

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v064n01p17

Subject(s) - outreach , medicine , diabetes mellitus , workforce , blindness , type 2 diabetes , disease , environmental health , latin americans , intensive care medicine , gerontology , optometry , economic growth , endocrinology , political science , law , economics

Type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in the United States and Latin America and contributes significantly to the rise in health care spending. Diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, renal failure and blindness, and leads to other complications. Type 2 diabetes and its complications can be delayed in high-risk individuals through a healthy lifestyle and ongoing medical care. Some research suggests a relationship between diabetes and other underlying metabolic conditions, either as predisposing factors or as adverse outcomes of occupational exposures in farmworkers. UC Cooperative Extension can have a greater impact on the health and safety of California's workforce by filling in research gaps and strengthening collaborations.

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