Research On Causes And Risk Factors Of Diabetes

RESEARCH QUESTION OR RESEARCH STATEMENT
Type 2: Diabetes among South Asian Community in United
Kingdom

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Background and Rationale for the study.........................................................................................4
Aim and objectives of the Study......................................................................................................4
Aim..............................................................................................................................................4
Objectives....................................................................................................................................5
Literature Search Strategy...............................................................................................................5
Search engines and academic/ professional data bases will be accessed?...................................5
Relevant key words......................................................................................................................6
Exclusion and inclusion criteria...................................................................................................6
Ethics and anti-oppressive practice considerations.........................................................................6
Project Outline.................................................................................................................................7
What will be in each section of the project?................................................................................7
Project Timetable.............................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

LIST OF TABLES:
Table 1: Database structure.............................................................................................................5
Table 2: Key Words.........................................................................................................................6
Table 3: Gantt chart for project time scale......................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This research intends to examine the cause of type 2 Diabetes among South Asian
Community in the United Kingdom. The main topic related to this research is about individuals
suffering from type 2 diabetes and the factors responsible for the elevated rate (Benchimol,
Manuel and Guttmann, 2015). This is a secondary research using existing research and literature
sources.
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY
Census data (2011) reported that Asian British and Asian form the second largest ethnic
group in the UK (Ethnicity and National Identity in England and Wales: 2011, 2011). 4.9% of
the aggregate population originated from South Asian Countries, among which 0.7% belonged to
Bangladesh, 1.9% belonged to Pakistan and 2.3% to India (Garduño‐Diaz and Khokhar, 2012).
As per Harvard study, adults belonging to South Asian community are at higher risk of
developing types 2 diabetes because they are overweight and have a bigger waist circumference
(Why are Asians at Higher Risk, 2016). WHO has predicted that the ratio of people having
diabetes will double between 2005 and 2030 9% of adult in South Asian community in UK, who
had diabetes were age 18 plus (Tabak, 2012).
The South Asian community is at risk three to six times more at risk of developing type 2
diabetes in comparison to the UK population (Type 2 diabetes in the UK South Asian population,
2016). There are approximately 388,000 individuals from the south Asian community who suffer
from type2 diabetes that can be the cause cardiac disease, retinopathy and nephropathy diseases
in future (Bajaj, 2013).
The cultural aspects too, leave a significant impact on type 2 diabetes. Besides this,
genetics are also a factor rising type 2 diabetes. In the case where one parent is suffering from
diabetes, the risk of inheriting the same is 15 percent, whereas, if both parents have the disease,
the risk goes up to 75 percent.
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