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 - 2009, 12

Evaluation of a Diabetes Education Program’s Non-Attendees: The Program Response

The prevalence of diabetes and the number of resultant complications lead to increased costs for the healthcare system.

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Beverley Temple PhD RN, Donna Epp RN BScN CDE

Cost-Effectiveness of Atorvastatin in the Primary Prevention of Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Canada

In Canada, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is 5-fold higher in individuals with diabetes than in those without (1).

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Hanane Khoury PhD, Monika Wagner PhD, Elizabeth Merikle PhD, Scott J Johnson PhD

Group-Based Diabetes Education: Impact on Indicators of Health Outcomes, Access and Satisfaction Over 24 Months

As the cost of, and demand for, diabetes services grow (1-3), diabetes programs need to be increasingly creative in order to provide quality services that can reach as many clients as possible, and in a timely manner.

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Alison Dove RN HBScN CDE, Natalia Morrison MSc RD CDE, Deha Reimer RD CDE, Suzanne Wice RN CDE

Development of the CANRISK Questionnaire to Screen for Prediabetes and Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

Earlier predictions of the global epidemic nature of type 2 diabetes during the early 2000s are being surpassed at an alarming rate, based on emerging epidemiological data from both developed and developing countries, including Canada (1,2).

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Janusz Kaczorowski MA PhD, Chris Robinson MA, Kara Nerenberg MD MSc

Fighting Diabetes—The Tsunami of Noncommunicable Diseases

Fighting diabetes — The Tsunami of noncommunicable diseases.

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D.C.W. Lau

2009 Canadian Diabetes Association, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Young Scientist Award Winner: Dr. Vincent Poitout

2009 Canadian Diabetes Association, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Young Scientist Award Winner: Dr. Vincent Poitout.

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Polly VandenBerg BSc, C. Bruce Verchere PhD

Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management

Diabetes and chronic disease management.

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R. Lewanczuk

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