Contextualization of Diabetes: A Review of Reviews from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Countries
- Open Access
- 01-12-2025
- Type 2 Diabetes
- REVIEW
Published in:
- Authors
- Sieara Plebon-Huff
- Hubi Haji-Mohamed
- Helene Gardiner
- Samantha Ghanem
- Jessica Koh
- Allana G. LeBlanc
- Published in
- Current Diabetes Reports | Issue 1/2025
Abstract
Purpose of Review
The prevalence of diabetes is rising around the world and represents an important public health concern. Unlike individual-level risk and protective factors related to the etiology of diabetes, contextual risk factors have been much less studied. Identification of contextual factors related to the risk of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries may help health professionals, researchers, and policymakers to improve surveillance, develop policies and programs, and allocate funding.
Recent Findings
Among 4,470 potential articles, 48 were included in this review. All reviews were published in English between 2005 and 2023 and were conducted in over 20 different countries. This review identified ten upstream contextual risk factors related to type 1 and type 2 diabetes risk, including income, employment, education, immigration, race/ethnicity, geography, rural/urban status, built environment, environmental pollution, and food security/environment.
Summary
The ten upstream contextual risk factors identified this review may be integrated into diabetes research, surveillance and prevention activities to help promote better outcomes for people at risk or living with diabetes in OECD countries. Additional research is needed to better quantify the measures of associations between emerging key contextual factors and diabetes outcomes.
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- Title
- Contextualization of Diabetes: A Review of Reviews from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Countries
- Authors
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Sieara Plebon-Huff
Hubi Haji-Mohamed
Helene Gardiner
Samantha Ghanem
Jessica Koh
Allana G. LeBlanc
- Publication date
- 01-12-2025
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Keywords
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Type 2 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes - Published in
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Current Diabetes Reports / Issue 1/2025
Print ISSN: 1534-4827
Electronic ISSN: 1539-0829 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-024-01574-y
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