Educational and economic disparities and risk factors associated with diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Cambodia: analysis of a national population-based study.

Background: In this study, we aimed to quantify the magnitude of educational and economic disparities and examine risk factors associated with diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Cambodia.

Methods: We used data from the 2023 STEPwise approach to noncommunicable risk factor surveillance to analyse 3660 participants aged 18-69 years. We quantified the extent of disparities using the regression-based slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII).

Assessing the progress on the implementation of policy and legislation actions to address the Non-Communicable Diseases crisis in the Pacific.

Aim: To assess the progress on the implementation of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) related policies and legislations in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).

Materials And Methods: The Pacific Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action (MANA) Dashboard was used to assess the progress on the implementation. The MANA Dashboard includes 31 indicators across four different domains such as leadership and governance; preventative policies and legislations; health system response programs; and monitoring This progress assessment was conducted between 2019 and 2020 for all 21 PICTs.

Pacific Healthy Islands Vision: success factors and challenges faced by health promotion programs.

The World Health Organization's (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office developed the biennial Healthy Islands Recognition Awards (HIA) in 2009 to reinforce the Healthy Islands vision and encourage countries to continue to innovate and demonstrate effective and efficient ways of promoting and protecting population health. This research aimed to identify characteristics of and challenges for successful health promotion in the Pacific. The research was undertaken to develop practical guidance for other groups in the Pacific Islands interested in supporting Healthy Islands.

E-learning: A Tool to Upgrade the Skills of Health Workers to Address Betel Quid and Areca Nut Chewing.

In the Asia-Pacific region, betel quid and areca nut chewing is a public health concern that requires immediate attention. There is a need to improve knowledge about the harmful effects of betel quid and areca nut chewing and train health care professionals to provide preventive interventions. To introduce and evaluate the Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN) online courses about the dangers of betel quid and areca nut.

High Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Adolescents in Pohnpei, Micronesia.

Non-communicable disease (NCD) related behaviors among adolescents are on the rise globally and in the Pacific region. To better understand and elucidate the prevalence of NCD risk factors among adolescents in Pohnpei state, Federated States of Micronesia, a cross-sectional study was conducted among secondary school students. Of 2965 students enrolled in the 2015-2016 academic year, 2555 (86.

Diabetes island: preliminary impact of a virtual world self-care educational intervention for african americans with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Diabetes is a serious worldwide public health challenge. The burden of diabetes, including prevalence and risk of complications, is greater for minorities, particularly African Americans. Internet-based immersive virtual worlds offer a unique opportunity to reach large and diverse populations with diabetes for self-management education and support.

Supporting diabetes self-care in underserved populations: a randomized pilot study using medical assistant coaches.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an innovative intervention that utilized a certified medical assistant with specific diabetes training to work with a multidisciplinary diabetes care team to help provide basic diabetes education and self-care support in low-income minority populations with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Enrolled participants were randomized to either the medical assistant coaching (MAC) group (N = 25) or the treatment as usual (TAU) group (N = 25). Deidentified data was obtained on a matched no contact control (NCC) group (N = 50).

IFN-gamma activation of mesenchymal stem cells for treatment and prevention of graft versus host disease.

Graft versus host disease (GVHD), mediated by donor T cells, is a significant source of morbidity and mortality following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) can successfully treat ongoing graft versus host disease, presumably due to their ability to suppress donor T cell proliferation. Little is known about the potential of MSC to prevent GVHD.

Mesenchymal stem cells enhance xenochimerism in NK-depleted hosts.

Background: Xenogeneic hematopoietic engraftment holds promise as a strategy to achieve whole organ xenograft tolerance. We tested whether xenogeneic bone marrow grafts, engineered with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), might provide a new nontoxic approach to enhance xenogeneic engraftment.

Methods: ACI rat MSCs, cultured from whole bone marrow, were identified as CD29+ CD44+OX-18+, CD45-HIS36- and could differentiate into adipogenic and osteogenic tissue.