Call for improved GDM screening
9th July 2014
Public health experts are calling for improved screening of Indigenous women with gestational diabetes as research shows most are not being tested for postpartum type 2 diabetes.
The study of women with gestational diabetes in Far North Queensland shows 8% of Indigenous and 17% of non-Indigenous women undergo oral glucose tolerance testing within the recommended two-month postpartum period.
“Less than 10% of those women are returning for follow up testing every one to two years, and that is quite a concern,” says study