November is Diabetes Awareness Month
Examining and identifying psychosocial barriers to type 2 diabetes management among adolescents key to reducing risk of complications (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10564.html)
Nov. 13,
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Reports in pediatric clinics across the country indicate dramatic increases in type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents, particularly among minority populations. According to the CDC, youths with type 2 diabetes have poorer glycemic control, and may therefore be at higher risk for disease-related complications. "We know very little about the psychosocial and family problems and barriers to diabetes management among adolescents with type 2 diabetes," says Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. She is conducting a first of its kind study to identify these issues.
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Poverty plays a role
High rate of depression found in African-American women at risk for type 2 diabetes (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/592.html)
Dec. 19,
2003 --
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| Photo by David Kilper/WUSTL Photo |
| Wendy F. Auslander, Ph.D. (left), works with St. Louis-area peer counselors in the "Eat Well, Live Well" program she pioneered with colleagues at the School of Medicine. |
As the cases of type 2 diabetes in African-American women increase at an epidemic rate, researchers are examining risk factors involved with this disease in order to create programs that will hopefully slow this growing problem. According to a recent study at the George Warren Brown (GWB) School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, African-American women at risk for type 2 diabetes experience long periods of depression due, in part, to a lack of economic and social resources. "At the beginning of our study, 40 percent of our sample of African-American women at risk for type 2 diabetes reported clinically significant depression," says Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., professor at GWB and co-author of the study. "Unlike their nondepressed peers, these women reported fewer economic assets and greater economic distress. Issues such as unemployment, low self-esteem and a low appraisal of their economic situation contributed to their depression."
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Teens in foster care
Foster youth desire college, study shows, but face roadblocks to learning (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/452.html)
Oct. 2,
2003 --
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| Foster care teens have a desire to attend college, study shows. |
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A solid education is considered the foundation for a productive future, but for teens in foster care, education beyond high school is rarely a reality. In fact, a Westat study found that only 44 percent of 18-year-olds leaving the independent living program of the foster care system completed high school. But despite common thought, this dismal percentage is not due to a lack of educational aspirations among teens in foster care. According to a recent study at the George Warren Brown (GWB) School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, a surprisingly high percentage — 70 percent — of teens in the foster care system have a desire to attend college.
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