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Type 2 Diabetes - Coggle Diagram
Type 2 Diabetes
Worldwide 50% of Indigenous people aged 35 and up have diabetes. In some Indigenous community's diabetes is now considering an Epidemic Proportion (United Nations DESA-Indigenous Affairs)
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Colonization
The E4E initiative identified a great need for understanding the relationship between Canada's colonial history and how Indigenous people experience both diabetes and the health care system (Crowshoe, Henderson et al., 2019)
Guiding principles orient clinician towards social factors that affect Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes
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Sedentary lifestyle, and the intake of a diet that is high in sugar, fats, and salt (Potter, Perry et al., 2018)
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Personal coping habits
Smoking, drinking alcohol and eating unhealthy food
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Indigenous people are3-5 times more likely to be type 2 diabetic (United Nations DESA-Indigenous Affairs)
Indigenous people living rurally have a higher rate (Potter, Perry et al., 2018)