Giving a voice to “the silent killer”: a knowledge, attitude and practice study of diabetes among French Guiana’s Parikweneh people

Abstract Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the French overseas department of French Guiana, South America, nearly doubles that in its European counterpart, Metropolitan France. This region is demographically diverse and includes several populations of Indigenous Peoples. Although...

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Published in:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Main Authors: Michael Rapinski, Alain Cuerrier, Damien Davy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00713-9