Establishing prevention, education and community awareness through a comprehensive diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia screening programme: The Smith Island, Maryland, USA experience

• Published in: International Journal of Nursing Practice
• Main Author: Davidson, Michele R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Smith Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172x.2004.00481.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1440-172X.2004.00481.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2004.00481.x

Glucose screening is essential in providing early detection for diabetes. Screening for hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics can help identify clients at an increased risk for morbidity and mortality. Free health screening clinics, which included components based on the ABCs of Diabet...