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COMMUNITY CASE STUDY article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1522549

Cities Changing Diabetes Malmö Knowledge about diabetes in Malmö prior to initiation of Cities Changing Diabetes

Provisionally accepted
Magdalena Annersten Gershater Magdalena Annersten Gershater 1*Margareta Rämgård Margareta Rämgård 1Cecilia Nagorny Holmberg Cecilia Nagorny Holmberg 2Mathias Grahn Mathias Grahn 3Slobodan Zdravkovic Slobodan Zdravkovic 1
  • 1 Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2 Novo Nordisk, Malmö, Sweden
  • 3 Malmö Municipality, Malmo, Sweden

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    Aim: to identify existing public knowledge regarding diabetes and diabetes-related services offered to persons living with diabetes in the City of Malmö.A literature review of City of Malmö's website, public statistics, School health documentation, job databases, education programs, local newspaper, Swedish National Diabetes Register, and PubMed was performed in 2020.We identified political decisions about diabetes nurses in home care, financing a project about diabetes complications, and funding support in schools for designated children. Schools had no registrations of diagnoses. Diabetes was common among pregnant women. The local newspaper discussed children and older people with diabetes asking for increased support. Job listings did not require diabetes-relevant competencies. Curricula for nursing assistants did not mention diabetes.National Diabetes Register reported 16,658 persons in Malmö. Three articles were identified in PubMed.Public documents in Malmö did not mention diabetes despite being responsible for caring for persons with diabetes.

    Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, home care, Migration, Public Health, School health care

    Received: 04 Nov 2024; Accepted: 24 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Annersten Gershater, Rämgård, Holmberg, Grahn and Zdravkovic. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Magdalena Annersten Gershater, Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

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