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World Guide to IDF Bridges

The World Guide to IDF BRIDGES 2014 provides information on the projects supported by IDF BRIDGES and a series of articles analysing the results and best practices of completed projects in 4 areas: Prevention of diabetes; Improving diabetes care and management; Protecting women’s health; Education to beat diabetes complications.

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2013	2012	2011

Below you will find the scientific publications from projects supported by IDF BRIDGES.

Papers in peer reviewed journals

Prevention of diabetes

• ” Beta cell function in Asian Indians: evidence for marked early declines” Diabetes Care September 2013
• “A model of translational research for diabetes prevention in low and middle–income countries: The Diabetes Community Lifestyle Improvement Program (D–CLIP) trial” Prim Care Diabetes 2012; 6(1): 3-9.
• “DIABRISK - SL Prevention of cardio-metabolic disease with life style modification in young urban Sri Lankan's - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, Trials 2011, 12:209
• "Screening for people with glucose metabolism disorders within the framework of the DEMOJUAN project (DEMOnstration area for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes, JUAN Mina and Barranquilla, Colombia" Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews, 2013 Sep 2. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2462

Management of diabetes

• "The effectiveness of text messages support for diabetes self-management: protocol of the TEXT4DSM study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia and the Phillipines" BMC Public Health, May 2013
• "Phase 1 of the community-based Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) program in Suan Juan Batangas, Philippines" Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 90, 2010: 160-166
• "Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial" BMC Family Practice 2012,
• "The ability of health promoters to deliver group diabetes education in South African primary care" African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
• "Views of patients on a group diabetes education programme using motivational interviewing in South African primary care: a qualitative study." S Afr Fam Pract 2013;55(5)453-458
•  "Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: Pragmatic cluster randomized control trial" Diabetic Medicine 2014; 31(8):987-93. doi: 10.1111/dme.12475.

• "Contents, participant and outcomes of three diabetes care programmes in three low and middle income countries" Primary Care Diabetes (2014)

Peer education

• "The development of a pilot training program for peer leaders in diabetes: Process and content". Diabetes Educator"
• "Training peers to provide ongoing diabetes self-management support (DSMS): Results from a pilot study". Patient Education and Counseling
• "Home visit: an educational health strategy for self-care diabetes" Acta Paulista de Enfermagen, vol.27, no.1 Sao Paulo Jan/Feb 2014
• "Comparative effectiveness of peer leaders and community health workers in diabetes self-management support: Results of a randomized control trial" Diabetes Care 2014;37:1525-34

Gestational diabetes

• "Anxiety and depression in PCOS: A comprehensive investigation" (Fertil Steril 2010;93:2421–3. 2010 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.);
• "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) a biopsychosocial understanding in young women to improve knowledge and treatment options" (Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, March 2010; 31(1): 24–31) 
• "Is having PCOS a predictor of poor psychological function including anxiety and depression?" Human reproduction, March 23, 2011)
• "Measuring physical activity in pregnancy" International Journal of Behavourial Nutrition and Physical Activity, March 2011
• "Understanding health behaviours in a cohort of pregnant women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: an observational study"BJOG 2012, 119: 731-738
• "Taking up the challenge of non-communicable diseases in the Commonwealth: 17 good-practice case studies" a publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned C3 Collaborating for Health
• "Optimising healthy gestational weight gain in women at high risk of gestational diabetes: A randomised controlled trial". Obesity, 2012:
• "Physical activity and mental health in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome", BMC Women's Health, March 2014
• "Women's experiences of polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis", Family Practice June 2014
• "How effective is self-weighting in the setting of a lifestyle intervention to reduce gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention?" Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2014; 54(4): 382-5
• "Health-related behaviors in women with lifestyle related diseases" Behav Med 2012; 38(3): 65-73
• "Assessing self-efficacy and Self-help Methods in Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" Behav Med 39 (3) 90-96

Epidemiology

• "Distinct HbA1c trajectories in a type 2 diabetes cohort", Acta Diabetologica, 2014
•  “High prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors in a young urban Sri-Lankan population”, PLoS ONE 2012 Journal of the Egyptian Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (2009 and 2010)
• " Hypertension in Adults of Himalayan Mountain Villages: Prevalence, Awareness, and Control", Global Heart 2014;9(1-S) e213
• "Obesity trends in Himalayan mountain villages between 1995 and 2013: role in diabetes?" Obesity Facts 2014;7(suppl):30

Posters and presentations at congresses

• 1st Diabetes in Asia Study Group, Kathmandu (Nepal), October 2008
• International Congress of Endocrinology (ICE), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 2008
• PCOS Alliance workshop, Melbourne (Australia), 2008
• Southern Health 2008
• Endocrine Society Australia annual meeting, Adelaide (Australia), August 2009
• Federation of the International Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference, Cape Town, (South Africa) October 2009
• Fertility Society of Australia, Perth (Australia), October 2009
• World Diabetes Congress, Montreal (Canada) October 2009
• National Chronic Disease meeting, New Delhi (India), October 2009
• Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI), Ahmedabad (India), November 2009
• Southern Health 2009
• Philippines Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Manilla (Philippines) January 2010
• TED conferences, February 2010
• Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference, Brisbane (Australia), February 2010
• 14th International Congress of Endocrinology, Kyoto (Japan), March 2010
• POSSA conference, Sydney (Australia), March 2010
• 2nd Diabetes in Asia Study Group, Doha (Qatar), March 2010
• Emory Medical Grand Rounds, Atlanta (USA), March 2010
• 6th World Congress on Diabetes Prevention and its complications, Dresden (Germany), April 2010
• Clinton Global Initiative, Miami (USA), April 2010
• 71th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, San Diego (USA), June 2010
• Global Telehealth Australia (televised nationally), July 2010
• Latin American Summit on Diabetes, Salvadore (Brazil), July 2010
• 11th International Congress of behavorial medicine, Washington (USA), August 2010
• The PCOS Alliance Workshop, Melbourne (Australia), August 2010
• Diabetes Conference, Mexico City (Mexico), September 2010
• Consortium of University of Global Health, Seattle (USA), September 2010
• Emory Global Health Seminar, Atlanta (USA), September 2010
• Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society annual scientific meeting, Sydney (Australia), October 2010
• 27th Annual Convention of Diabetes Philippines and 6th Course on Diabetes and Vascular Disease, Manila, (Philippines) November, 2010
• Research Society for the Study of diabetes in India, Kerala (India) November 2010
• International Latin American Associaton of Diabetes, Santiago (Chili), November 2010,
• Congrès de la Société Francophone Africaine de Diabétologie, Dakar (Senegal), December 2010
• DFID World Bank workshop, Shanghai (China), December 2010,
• Australasian Menopause Society, Sydney (Australia), 2010
• Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR), Melbourne (Australia), 2010
• Southern Health 2010
• 6emes Journée Internationales d'Endocrinologie de Cotonou (Benin), January 2011
• Congrès annuel de la Société Francophone du Diabète, Geneva (Switzerland), March 2011
• The Society of Behavioral Medicine 32nd Annual meeting and scientific sessions. Washington DC. (USA) April, 2011
• 48th Annual Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), Iloilo City, Philippines, August 2011
• “Forum Medizin 21”, a congress for General Practice and Family Medicine in Salzburg (Austria), September 2011
• ÖDG Congress (Austrian Diabetes Association), Salzburg (Austria), November 2011
• World Diabetes Congress, Dubai (UAE), December 2011
• Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2011
• Endocrine Society Australia, Perth (Australia), 2011
• Diabesity, A World-Wide Challenge, Brussels (Belgium) February 2012
• European Congress of Obesity, Lyon (France), May 2012
• Endo 2012, Houston (USA), June 2012
• 72nd scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association, Philadelphia (USA), June 2012
• Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne (Australia), July 2012
• 1st Scientific Sessions of the African Diabetes Congress, Arusha (Tanzania), July 2012
• Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society annual Scientific meeting, Auckland (New Zealand), October 2012
• 2nd Global symposium on health systems research, Beijing (China), November 2012
• 7th World Congress for the prevention of diabetes and its complications, Madrid (Spain), November 2012
• Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, Chennai (India), November 2012
• West African Health Organization (WAHO), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), November 2012
• 30th Brazilian Congress of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Goiania (Brazil), 2012
• EbM Congress of the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine, Hamburg (Germany), 2012
• Latin America Course on Prevention of type 2 diabetes, Mexico city (Mexico), 2012
• Christian Medical Dental Association Continuing Education conference, February 2013
• 7th International DIP Symposium, Firenze (Italy), March 2013
• Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference, Manchester (UK), March 2013
• Congress of the french speaking society of diabetes, Montpellier (France), March 2013
• International Association for the Study of Obesity, Boston (USA), May 2013
• 19th Congreso Venezolano de Medicina Interna, Caracas (Venezuela), May 2013
• 73rd Scientific Sessions of the ADA, Chicago (USA), June 2013
• 4th Congresso Brasileiro de ciencas sociais e humanas em saude, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), July 2013
• Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society annual Scientific meeting, Sydney (Australia), August 2013
• Continuing Medical Education Courses on Diabetes Peer Support. Suzhou (China), August 2013
• 2nd Annual Asia-pacific conference of diabetes education, Suzhou (China), August 2013
• 49th EASD, Barcelona (Spain), September 2013
• 47 Kongress für Allgeimenmedin un Familienmedizin, Munich (Germany), September, 2013
• Joint Uniting Streams - NVTG Symposium, Amsterdam (Netherlands), October 16, 2013
• 2nd Congresso online de gestao, educacao e promocao a saude, October 2013
• 2nd Congresso Brasiliero de Politica, Planejamento e Gestao em Saude, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) October 2013
• Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, New Delhi (India), November 2013
• 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Indian Society of Hypertension, Lucknow (India) November 2013
• World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne (Australia), December 2013
• South African National Family Practitioners Conference, Cape Town (South Africa), 2013
• 7th Colombian Diabetes Congress, Paipa (Colombia), 2013
• Christian Medical Dental Association Continuing Education conference, February 2014
• Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Plenary lecture, Manila (Philippines), March 2014
• World Heart Federation/World Congress of Cardiology, Melbourne (Australia), May 2014
  21st European Congress on Obesity, Sofia (Bulgaria), May 2014
• 5th Annual Global Health Conference, Washington (USA), May 2014
• 74rd Scientific Sessions of the ADA, San Francisco (USA), June 2014
• Symposium International de Libreville sur le Diabète en Afrique, Libreville (Gabon), June 2014
• Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society/Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting, Queenstown (New Zealand), July 2014
• Annual Convention of the American Association for Clinical Endocrinology, Philippine chapter, August 2014
• 2nd Annual International Diabetes Self-management Education meeting. Tianjin (China), August 2014.
• Thailand Non Communicable Disease Forum, August 2014
• EASD 2014, Vienna (Austria), September 2014
• 9th Congresso Brasileiro de Epidemiologia, Vitoria (Brazil), September 2014
• "The diabetic epidemic: new education tools", University of Georgia, School of Public Health; Athens, Georgia, (USA), September 2014
• 2nd regional Council of South East Asia Region, Mauritius, October 2014
• 8th Thailand Congress of Nutrition 2014, October 2014
• Association of Third World Studies Annual meetings, Denver (USA), October 2014
• 17th Canadian Diabetes Assocation/Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Annual meeting, Winnipeg (Canada), October 2014
• 3rd Global symposium on health systems research, Cape Town (South Africa), October 2014
• World Congress on Public Heatlh, Kolkata (India), February 2015

Articles in international magazines

• "Translating evidence into practice: Improving access to HBA1c in Sub-Saharan Africa" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• "Can shared care improve outcomes in women with gestational diabetes?" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• "Building expertise in nutrition and behaviour in the Colombian Caribbean: Promising advances  against diabetes" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• "Diabetes Self Management Education: An effective response to the increasing burden in under-served communities" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• " Appraising the multi-safe approach to low vision and diabetes: A simple technique for saving feet" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• "Sharing hope and improving care: Haiti builds for a brighter future" Diabetes Voice, June 2011
• "Professional workshops help fill gaps in diabetes self-management" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Education helps decision-making for affordable, healthy food and control" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Integrated efforts key for optimal diabetes care in China", Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Education to change the course of diabetes in the Carribean" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Schools open doors to lifestyle lessons in Tunisia" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Health coaching increases self-esteem and heatlhy smiles" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Reducing diabetes risk after gestational diabetes" Diabetes Voice June 2014
• "Motivating better diabetes self-care with SMS text messaging" Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Everything you ever need to know about gestational diabetes", Diabetes Voice, June 2014
• "Can a peer support intervention improve type 2 diabetes outcomes?", Diabetes Voice, June 2014

BRIDGES is an International Diabetes Federation programme, supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.