Managing the Tidal Wave of Diabetes: Barriers to Effective Management of the Disease in Fiji
Publication Date
2024-12-04
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United Nations
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Field of Education
09 Society and Culture
06 Health
06 Health
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45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES::4516 Pacific Peoples health and wellbeing
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Abstract
Diabetes, as a disease of global concern, has drawn an immense amount of literature. The present paper contains a review on what is known about diabetes among the iTaukei (Indigenous people) in Fiji. It also provides an explanation on how people living with diabetes in Fiji manage their status and highlights the barriers that affect how patients suffering from the disease self-manage their illness.
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Used by permission: United Nations, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the author(s).
Research Statement
Keywords
non-communicable diseases, diabetes, Fiji
Citation
Ravono, A., Carryer, J., Stewart-Withers, R., & Mafile'o, T. (2024). Managing the tidal wave of diabetes: Barriers to effective management of the disease in Fiji. Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 31(2), 205-224. https://repository.unescap.org/handle/20.500.12870/7505
International Standard Serial Number
2617-8419