Notes
Location
Edmonton, Alberta
Key recommendations
Develop an easy and noninvasive screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type 2 diabetes
Key findings
Developing an easy and noninvasive screening tool for identifying children and youth at risk for type 2 diabetes is necessary; Modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes were common in the sample of youth in Edmonton; Risk of type 2 diabetes varies by sex, ethnicity and household socioeconomic status
Gaps identified
There is a need for an easy and noninvasive screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type 2 diabetes
Key populations
“multiethnic urban youth” (11-23 years old)
Community organizations
NA
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
Fewer than 5 years to more than 5 years
Publisher: Elsevier
PMID: 30551935