Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Publications

Canadian Journal of Diabetes is Canada’s only diabetes-oriented, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal for diabetes healthcare professionals.

Published quarterly (February, April, June, August, October and December), Canadian Journal of Diabetes contains original articles, resource reviews, a journal watch, shorter articles such as Perspectives in Practice and Diabetes and Society, and news from the Clinical and Scientific Section and the Diabetes Educators Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes is distributed as a benefit of membership to all members of the Professional Sections of Canadian Diabetes Association.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes - 2005, 09

Knowledge Translation is the New Imperative, But What Does it Mean?

Knowledge Translation is the New Imperative, But What Does it Mean?

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H.J. Dean, D.T. Finegood

Marshalling the Troops: Advocating For the Needs of People With Diabetes

Marshalling the troops: Advocating for the needs of people with diabetes.

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A. Patt

FOH:Time For a New Abbreviation?

FOH:Time for a new abbreviation?

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R.L. Houlden

Bridge Over Troubled Water: Improving the Transition From Pediatric to Adult Care. The Pediatric Care Perspective

Bridge over troubled water: Improving the transition from pediatric to adult care. The pediatric care perspective.

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D. Pacaud

Staying Afloat: Negotiating the Transition to Adult Care:The Adult Care Perspective

Staying Afloat: Negotiating the Transition to Adult Care:The Adult Care Perspective

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I. Blumer

Assessment of the Impact of Fear of Hypoglycemic Episodes on Glycemic and Hypoglycemia Management

Hypoglycemia has been reported as the major limiting factor to achieving optimal glycemic control in diabetes (1,2).

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L.A. Leiter, J.-F.Yale, J.-L. Chiasson, S.B. Harris, P. Kleinstiver, L. Sauriol

The Role of Diabetes Education in Maintaining Lifestyle Changes

Diabetes education programs play a primary role in helping individuals with type 2 diabetes learn to live with and manage their disease.

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T.M.Vallis, I. Higgins-Bowser, L. Edwards,A. Murray, L. Scott

Transition of Care: Researching the Needs of Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes requires extensive personal responsibility for selfcare behaviour.

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L. Scott,T.M.Vallis, M. Charette,A. Murray, R. Latta

A Canadian Consensus for the Standardized Evaluation of Quality Improvement Interventions in Type 2 Diabetes

Gaps between available evidence and clinical practice for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults are well recognized in Canada (1,2) and abroad (3-6), despite the ongoing efforts of many researchers, healthcare providers, and health regions to improve quality of care.

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S.R. Majumdar, J.A. Johnson, S.L. Bowker, G.L. Booth, L. Dolovich,W. Ghali, S.B. Harris, J.E. Hux, A. Holbrook, H.N. Lee, E.L.Toth, J.-F.Yale

Systematic Review of Indicators and Measurements Used in Controlled Studies of Quality Improvement for Type 2 Diabetes

In Canada, the prevalence of physician-diagnosed diabetes mellitus is ~5% among adults, although as many as onethird of all cases of diabetes remain undiagnosed (1-4).

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S.L. Bowker, S.R. Majumdar, J.A. Johnson

School-based Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programs: A Public Health Perspective

Obesity has been estimated to account for 80 to 90% of all type 2 diabetes (1), and the dramatic rise in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth coincides with the epidemic of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in various regions around the world.

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C. Ng, K. Anderson, K. McQuillen, B. N. Yu

Tackling the Insulin-signalling Cascade

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a clinical disorder associated with defects in insulin action on skeletal muscle, adipose tissue and liver (1).

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S. Glund, J.R. Zierath

Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy: Challenges and Trends

Normal pregnancy is associated with both physiological and psychological stress.

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S.J. Meltzer

Production of materials has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.