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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, Lisa R. Staimez; Mary Beth Weber; Harish Ranjani; Mohamed K. Ali; Justin B.Echouffo-Tcheugui; Lawrence S. Phillips; Viswanathan Mohan; K.M. Venkat Narayan
• “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. Mary Beth Weber; Harish Ranjani; Gaya Celeste Meyers; Viswanathan Mohan; K.M. Venkat Narayan
• “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. Mahen Wijesuriya; Martin Gulliford; Laksha Vasantharajah; Giancarlo Viberti; Luigi Gnudi; Janaka Karalliedde
• "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; Noel C. Barengo; Tania Acosta; Astrid Arrieta; Carlos Ricaurte; Diana Mayor; Jaakko O. Tumilehto and the DEMOJUAN study group

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, Josefien van Olmen; Grace Marie Ku; Mauritz van Pelt; Jean Clovis Kalobu; Heang Hen; Christian Darras; Kristien Van Acker; Balthazar Villaraza; François Schevellis; Guy Kegels
• "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, Gregory Joseph Ryan A. Ardena; Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco; Cecilia A.Jimeno; Frances Lina Lantion-Ang; Elizabeth Paterno; Noel Juban
• "Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial" BMC Family Practice 2012, Bob Mash; Naomi Levitt; Krisela Steyn; Merrick Zwarenstein; Stephen Rollnick
• "The ability of health promoters to deliver group diabetes education in South African primary care" African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, Anna S. Botes; Buyelwa Majikela-Dlangamandla; Robert Mash
• "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, Stephanus Serfontein; R J Mash
•  "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. R.J. Mash; H.Rhode; M. Zwarsenstein; S.Rollnick; C.Lombard; K.Steyn; N.Levitt

• "Contents, participant and outcomes of three diabetes care programmes in three low and middle income countries" Primary Care Diabetes (2014), Josefien Van Olmen;  Ku Grace Marie; Darras Christian; Kalobu Jean Clovis; Bewa Emery;  Van Pelt Maurits; Hen Heang; Van Acker Kristien; Eggermont Natalie; Schellevis François;  Kegels Guy

• "Prevalence of anxiety and depression among diabetic African patients in Guinea: Association with HbA1c levels", Diabetes Metab. 2014 May 28. pii: S1262-3636(14)00080-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diabet.2014.04.007
• "Poor glycemic control in type 2 diabetes in the South of the Sahara: the issue of limited access to an HbA1c test" DRCP 2014, Alioune Camara; Naby M. Baldé; Joelle Sobngwi-Tambekou; André P. Kengne; Mansour M. Diallo; Alain P.K. Tchatchoua; Amadou Kaké; Ngamani Sylvie; Beverley Balkau; Fabrice Bonnet; Eugene Sobngwi
• "Study of the effect of altitude on the measurement of glycated hemoglobin using the In2it point-of-care testing". Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, Volume 26, N°1, January/February 2015 Sandra W Veigne; Eugene Sobngwi; Brice E Nouthe; Joelle Sobngwi-Tambekou; Eric V Balti; Serge Limen; Mesmin Y Dehayem; Vicky Arna; Jean-Louis Nguewa; Maimouna Ndour-Mbaye; Alioune Camara; Naby M Balde; Jean Claude Mbanya

Peer education

• "The development of a pilot training program for peer leaders in diabetes: Process and content". Diabetes Educator" Tang TS; Funnell MM; Gillard M; Nwankwo R; Heisler M
• "Training peers to provide ongoing diabetes self-management support (DSMS): Results from a pilot study". Patient Education and Counseling; Tang TS; Funnell MM; Gillard M; Nwankwo R; Heisler M
• "Home visit: an educational health strategy for self-care diabetes" Acta Paulista de Enfermagen, vol.27, no.1 Sao Paulo Jan/Feb 2014, Heloisa de Carvalho Torres; Laura Maria dos Santos; Palloma Maciel Chaves de Souza Cordeiro
• "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; Tricia S. Tang; Martha Funnel; Brandy Sinco; Gretchen Piatt; Gloria Palmisano; Michael S. Spencer; Edith C.Kieffer; Michele Heisler
• "Cost-effectiveness of a diabetes group education program delivered by heatlh promoters with a guiding style in underserved communities in Cape Town, South Africa" Patient Educ Couns (2015) Robert Mash; Roland Kroukamp; Tom Gaziano; Naomi Levitt

Gestational diabetes

• "Anxiety and depression in PCOS: A comprehensive investigation" (Fertil Steril 2010;93:2421–3. 2010 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.); Deeks AA; Gibson-Helm ME; Teede HJ
• "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) Moran L; Gibson-Helm M; Teede H; Deeks A
• "Is having PCOS a predictor of poor psychological function including anxiety and depression?" Human reproduction, March 23, 2011) AA.Deeks; M.E Gibson-Helm; E.Paul; H.J Teede
• "Measuring physical activity in pregnancy" International Journal of Behavourial Nutrition and Physical Activity, March 2011; C. L Harrison; C.B Lombard; H.J. Teede; C.B. Lombard
• "Understanding health behaviours in a cohort of pregnant women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: an observational study"BJOG 2012, 119: 731-738, C.L.Harrison; CB Lombard; HJ Teede
• "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; Cheryce L. Harrison; Catherine B. Lombard; Boyd J. Strauss; Helena J. Teede
• "Physical activity and mental health in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome", BMC Women's Health, March 2014 Lauren K. Banting; Melanie Gibson-Helm; Remco Polman; Helena J Teede; Nigel K Stepto
• "Women's experiences of polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis", Family Practice June 2014; Cheryce L. Harrison; Helena J. Teede; Catherine B. Lombard
• "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 Cheryce L. Harrison; Helena.J Teede; Catherine B. Lombard
• "Health-related behaviors in women with lifestyle related diseases" Behav Med 2012; 38(3): 65-73 Kozica SL; Deeks AA; Gibson-Helm ME; Teede HJ; Moran LJ
• "Assessing self-efficacy and Self-help Methods in Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" Behav Med 39 (3) 90-96 Kozica SL; Deeks AA; Gibson-Helm ME; Teede HJ; Moran LJ
• " A randomised translational trial of lifestyle intervention using a 3-tier shared care approach on pregnancy outcomes in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus but without diabetes" Journal of translational medicine, 2014, 12.290, Xiling Yang; Huiguang Tian; Fuxia Zhang; Cuiping Zhang; Yi Li; Junhong Leng; Leishen Wang; Gongsu Liu; Ling Dong; Zhijie Yu; Gang Hu; Juliana CN Chan
• "Risk stratification in early pregnancy for women at increased risk of gestational diabetes" Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, January 2015, 107(1), 61-68 Cheryce L Harrison; Catherine B Lombard; C.East; J.Boyle; Helena J Teede
• "Limiting postpartum weight retention through early antenatal intervention: the HeLP-her randomised controlled trial" IJBNPA, 11(1), 134-134 Cheryce Harrison; Catherine B Lombard; Helena J Teede
• "ABO blood groups and gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective population based study in Tianjin, China" Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2015 Zhang C, Li Y, Wang L, Sun S, Liu G, Leng J, Guo J, Lv L, Li W, Zhang C, Hu G, Yu Z, Yang X.

Epidemiology

•  “High prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors in a young urban Sri-Lankan population”, PLoS ONE 2012 Mahen Wijesuriya; Martin Guilford; Judith Charlton; Laksha Vasantharaja; Giancarlo Viberti; Luigi Gnudi; Janaka Karalliede
• 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 Mubarak Shah; Ali Khan; Mahtab Jan; Neelum Jahan; Asma Ahmed; Syed M.Shah
• "Obesity trends in Himalayan mountain villages between 1995 and 2013: role in diabetes?" Obesity Facts 2014;7(suppl):30
• "Prevalence of diabetic foor disorders and related risk factors among Egyptian subjects with diabetes" Primary Care Diabetes February 2015 S.H Assaad-Khalil; A.Zaki; A.Abdel Rehim; M.H.Megallaa; N.Gaber; H.Gamal; K.H.Rohoma
• "Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors in chinese pregnant women: A Prospective Population-Based Study in Tianjin, China" PLOS ONE March 2015, Junhong Leng; Ping Shao; Cuiping Zhang; Huigang Tian; Fuxia Zhang; Shuang Zhang; Ling Dong; Lilli Li; Zhijie Yu; Juliana C.N.Chan; Gang Hu; Xilin Yang
• "Distinct HbA1c trajectories in a type 2 diabetes cohort", Acta Diabetologica, April 2015, volume 52, issue 2 pp 267-275 ; Iris Walraven; Ruth Mast; Trynke Hoekstra; A.P. Danielle Jansen; Amber A.W.A van der Heijden; Simone P. Rauth; Femke Rutters; Esther van't Riet; Petra J.M. Elders; Annette C. Moll; Bettine C.P Polak; Jacqueline M. Dekker; Giel Nijpels

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
• 8th Annual Conference of RSSDI Delhi Chapter Meeting, Delhi (India), September 2012
• EASD 2012, Berlin (Germany), October 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
• 2nd African Diabetes Congress, Yaounde (Cameroun), February 2014
• Christian Medical Dental Association Continuing Education conference, February 2014
• Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Plenary lecture, Manila (Philippines), March 2014
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda (USA), April 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
• Arab Diabetes Prevention Summit, Cairo (Egypt), March 2015
• Joint Conference in Medical Sciences 2015, Bangkok (Thailand), June 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.