[Diabetes of rich, diabetes of poor. Diabetes as an evidence for health inequalities in Senegal]

Mamadou Dimé

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2013.04.005

[Diabetes of rich, diabetes of poor. Diabetes as an evidence for health inequalities in Senegal]

C R Biol. 2013 May-Jun;336(5-6):249-52. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.04.005. Epub 2013 Jun 12.

[Article in French]

Author

Mamadou Dimé¹

Affiliation

¹ Département de sociologie, université Gaston-Berger de Saint-Louis, BP 234, Saint-Louis, Sénégal. mamadou.dime@ugb.edu.sn

PMID: 23916198
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.04.005

Abstract

This paper's objective is to show how diabetes is the place of polarization of new uncertainties in Senegal and also to highlight how this "disease of modernity" is the source of pronounced health inequalities in urban and rural Senegalese areas.

Keywords: Conditions de vie; Diabetes; Diabète; Health inequalities; Inégalités de santé; Living conditions; Représentations sociales; Senegal; Social representations; Sénégal.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus / economics
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
Humans
Income
Rural Population
Senegal / epidemiology
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban Population