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- Title
Racial Ethnic Disparities in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Participating in Diabetes Summer Camps.
- Authors
Valenzuela, Jessica M.; Records, Sam E.; Mueller, Kelly A.; Martin, Megan T.; Wolf, Risa M.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Diabetes camps are beneficial for campers and include benefits such as increases in diabetes knowledge, glycemic control, and psychological functioning. Racial/ethnic minority youth are likely to have poorer disease management and glycemic control. We hypothesized that minority youth with type 1 diabetes have reduced participation in diabetes summer camps.<bold>Research Design and Methods: </bold>We analyzed deidentified data from 5,256 campers with type 1 diabetes who participated in a network of 48 American Diabetes Association-affiliated summer camps in 2018, and we compared participation rates by racial/ethnic category to the most recent SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study prevalence rates.<bold>Results: </bold>Camper demographics were significantly different than in the general population of children with type 1 diabetes (P < 0.001). Minority youth were more likely to attend day camp, be first-time campers, and request financial aid, and they were less likely to be on insulin pump therapy or use continuous glucose monitors.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Racial/ethnic minority youth with diabetes are underrepresented in diabetes camps nationwide.
- Subjects
AMERICAN Diabetes Association; TYPE 1 diabetes; CAMPS; GLYCEMIC control; DIABETES; INSULIN pumps; STATISTICS on minorities; POPULATION; CAMPING; HEALTH services accessibility; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH equity
- Publication
Diabetes Care, 2020, Vol 43, Issue 4, p903
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/dc19-1502