Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes

Josie Evans is a Reader in Public Health in the School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling. She works within the Centre for Public Health and Population Health where she leads a team on Epidemiology, with a special focus on diabetes. She has published widely on the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes, the outcomes of different treatments in diabetes and self-management behaviours. Much of her work involves the analysis of large routinely collected health datasets. Josie teaches on the Masters in Research within the School of Health Sciences and is also the Research Postgraduate Tutor. Angela Scriven is a Reader in Health Promotion at Brunel University in London, UK. She has been teaching and researching in the field of health promotion for over 30 years and has published widely including authoring, editing or co-editing the following books Health Promotion Alliances: Theory and Practice (1998); Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives (1996; 2001 2nd edn); Promoting Health: Global Perspectives (2005); Health Promoting Practice: The Contribution of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (2005); Public Health: Social Context and Action (2007); Promoting Health: A Practical Guide (2010); Health Promotion for Health Practitioners (2010); Health Promotion Settings: Principles and Practice (2012). Her research is centred on the relationship between health promotion policy and practice within specific contexts. She is a member of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), is President Elect for the Institute of Health Promotion and Education (IHPE) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

1. Definitions and epidemiology of diabetes

2. The burden and risks of diabetic complications

3. Management of diabetes and prevention of diabetic complications

4. Organisation of diabetes care

5. Living with diabetes

6. Public health prevention of diabetes