Diabetes among Latinos in the Southwestern United States: border health and binational cooperation / Diabetes en la población de origen latino del sudoeste de los Estados Unidos: salud fronteriza y cooperación binacional

This analysis reviews cooperation between the four border states of the United States of America (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and international partners in Mexico with regard to type 2 diabetes among Latinos. Binational cooperation, academic collaboration, preventative health initiatives, and efforts to improve health care access for the border population are highlighted. This meta-analysis of the literature points out causative factors of the increased type 2 diabetes prevalence among Latinos in the United States; an inverse correlation between diabetes and education and socioeconomic level; contributing factors, including barriers with language, health care payment, transportation, and underestimating diabetes implications; and a lack of social and environmental support for disease management. Medical and indirect costs in socioeconomic terms are also included. Cooperation between the United States and Mexico may be beneficial to promoting further collaborative efforts between these nations, and serve as a template for greater cooperative efforts to mitigate the substantial public health and socioeconomic implications of type 2 diabetes globally.

Este análisis examina la cooperación de los cuatro estados fronterizos de los Estados Unidos de América (Arizona, California, Nuevo México y Texas) y los socios internacionales de México con respecto a la diabetes de tipo 2 en la población de origen latino. Se destacan la cooperación binacional, la colaboración académica, las iniciativas de prevención en salud, y las actividades orientadas a mejorar el acceso a la atención de salud por parte de la población de la frontera. Este metanálisis de la bibliografía señala los factores causales del aumento de la prevalencia de la diabetes de tipo 2 en la población de origen latino de los Estados Unidos; una correlación inversa entre la diabetes y el grado de formación y el nivel socioeconómico; los factores contribuyentes, incluidas las barreras relacionadas con el idioma, el pago de la atención de salud, el transporte, y la infravaloración de las consecuencias de la diabetes; y una falta de apoyo social y ambiental para el tratamiento de la enfermedad. También se incluyen los costos médicos y los indirectos en términos socioeconómicos. La cooperación entre los Estados Unidos y México - podría ser beneficiosa para promover nuevas iniciativas de colaboración entre estas naciones y servir como mo-delo a otras iniciativas más amplias de cooperación dirigidas a mitigar las sustanciales consecuencias de salud pública y socioeconómicas de la diabetes de tipo 2 a escala mundial.

Diabetes among Latinos in the Southwestern United States: border health and binational cooperation.

This analysis reviews cooperation between the four border states of the United States of America (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and international partners in Mexico with regard to type 2 diabetes among Latinos. Binational cooperation, academic collaboration, preventative health initiatives, and efforts to improve health care access for the border population are highlighted. This meta-analysis of the literature points out causative factors of the increased type 2 diabetes prevalence among Latinos in the United States; an inverse correlation between diabetes and education and socioeconomic level; contributing factors, including barriers with language, health care payment, transportation, and underestimating diabetes implications; and a lack of social and environmental support for disease management. Medical and indirect costs in socioeconomic terms are also included. Cooperation between the United States and Mexico may be beneficial to promoting further collaborative efforts between these nations, and serve as a template for greater cooperative efforts to mitigate the substantial public health and socioeconomic implications of type 2 diabetes globally.

Dentoalveolar trauma in the pediatric population.

BACKGROUND: Dental alveolar trauma in pediatric patients is a challenge to health care professionals. It can lead to early tooth loss that can compromise oral function, aesthetics, and self-esteem and alter the long-term plan of care for the pediatric patient. METHODS: The authors reviewed the literature pertaining to pediatric dental and alveolar traumas. The current etiology, incidence, classifications of injury, and methods to diagnose and treat these patients were reviewed and outlined. CONCLUSIONS: Management of dental trauma is complex and requires a comprehensive and accurate diagnostic and treatment plan. It is also important to consider the biologic, functional, aesthetic, and economic aspects, as well as the patient's desire. Physicians who provide primary care for children have a unique position to provide diagnostic, triage, educational, and preventive dental care for patients. Several articles have been published regarding primary pediatricians' participation in the preventive dental health care of their patients. One publication, a survey of physicians in Alabama focusing on physicians' overall awareness of dental issues, concluded that most physicians believe they have a role in the oral health of their patients. Most were not aware of many of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's recommendations.