Montesi L, Caletti MT, Marchesini G. Diabetes in migrants and ethnic minorities in a changing World. World J Diabetes 2016; 7(3): 34-44 [PMID: 26862371 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v7.i3.34]
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Giulio Marchesini, MD, PhD, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum” University, Via Massarenti n°9, I-40138 Bologna, Italy. giulio.marchesini@unibo.it
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World J Diabetes. Feb 10, 2016; 7(3): 34-44 Published online Feb 10, 2016. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v7.i3.34
Diabetes in migrants and ethnic minorities in a changing World
Luca Montesi, Maria Turchese Caletti, Giulio Marchesini
Luca Montesi, Maria Turchese Caletti, Giulio Marchesini, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum” University, I-40138 Bologna, Italy
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and approval of the final version.
Supported by A research grant from the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna (to Luca Montesi), No. 106/2014.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Luca Montesi, Maria Turchese Caletti and Giulio Marchesini declare no conflicts of interests in relation to the materials presented in this review article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Giulio Marchesini, MD, PhD, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum” University, Via Massarenti n°9, I-40138 Bologna, Italy. giulio.marchesini@unibo.it
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Received: July 31, 2015 Peer-review started: August 3, 2015 First decision: October 13, 2015 Revised: December 14, 2015 Accepted: December 29, 2015 Article in press: January 4, 2016 Published online: February 10, 2016 Processing time: 178 Days and 17.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: At global level the phenomenon of migration of people is not expected to slow down in the next years, generating a multitude of clinical problems and economic costs for the National Health System. The increasing burden of chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, in migrant minority populations is today a major public health challenge for several countries, mainly in Europe, fuelled by the economic crisis, inequalities, terrorism and wars. Even in a universalistic healthcare system, differences in socioeconomic status and barriers generated by the present culture of biomedicine might make high-risk ethnic minorities under-treated and not protected against inequalities. Our objective is to pinpoint the problems arising in the prevention and treatment of diabetes on a worldwide scale, aiming to give support to healthcare systems in the provision of effective interventions.
