Diabetes Handbook & Resource Guide

This new title is designed to bring together necessary and valuable information for the millions of individuals, family members, and caregivers affected by diabetes. For those providing care and support to individuals with diabetes, this resource provides easy-to-understand and helpful information about diabetes and connects readers to many sources of support.

This comprehensive work comes at a time when 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5% of the population, have diabetes. Diabetes Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable educational information for patients and their families. It offers statistics, both national and state, as well as discussions about prevention, treatment, and outcomes.

Section One:

 

Studies & Statistics About Diabetes is a robust, colorful section of 268 pages that includes detailed reports, fact sheets, maps and even recipes from a number of sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. It begins with two detailed reports on the current state of diabetes in America. Articles are then grouped into topics including diabetes management, living with diabetes and diabetes and pregnancy.

Following this general information are helpful facts and treatment plans about the specific conditions related to diabetes that are covered in Section Three, including aging, bone health, cardiovascular disease, depression, eye health, foot health, hearing impairment, high blood pressure, kidney disease, liver disease, obesity and stroke.

Section Two:

Diabetes Mellitus includes an extended overview of diabetes mellitus, as well as shorter discussions of the major types of diabetes, including prediabetes, type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, pregnancy in the individual with diabetes, neonatal diabetes, and the rarer diabetes insipidus. Following that introductory text are a variety of resources for patients, families, and caregivers, including major diabetes-related associations, agencies, foundations, research centers, and other resources.

Section Three:

Risk Factors & Complications includes 16 conditions that are considered to be either risk factors for developing diabetes, or complications that can arise from having any form of the disease. Overviews detail the conditions themselves, how they relate to diabetes, and common and cutting-edge treatment options. Patient, family and caregiver resources follow, including Agencies & Associations, Foundations, Libraries & Resource Centers, Research Centers, Support Groups & Hotlines, Print Resources, Digital Resources and Web Sites.

Section Four:

Appendixes includes a Glossary, Entry Index, and Geographic Index

Diabetes Handbook & Resource Guide is a necessary reference for public and academic libraries, as well as health care collections, providing information crucial to sufferers of diabetes, their broader support network, caseworkers, social workers, and other health care providers