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| Title |
Type 2 diabetes in a rapidly urbanizing region of Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative study of dietary preferences, knowledge and practices
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1069 |
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| Authors |
Megan L Doherty, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Osei Sarfo Kantanka, Rickie O Brawer, James D Plumb |
| Abstract |
Urban centers in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Kumasi, Ghana, are especially impacted by the dual burden of infectious and non-communicable disease (NCD), including a rise in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence. To develop effective intervention programs, the World Health Organization recommends more research to better understand the relationship between food consumption and the escalation of non-communicable disease such as T2DM. This study provides qualitative information about current food knowledge, attitudes and practices among T2DM patients and their caregivers in the region of Kumasi, Ghana. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 315 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 311 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 58 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 50 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 10% |
| Researcher | 24 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 23 | 7% |
| Other | 46 | 15% |
| Unknown | 83 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 66 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 48 | 15% |
| Unknown | 94 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2021.
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#3,778,404
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,206
of 14,839 outputs
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#43,398
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#75
of 292 outputs
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