Asian Indians have the highest risk of diabetes, higher than any other minority group. Yumilsh welcomes Dr. Rupinder Deol to help understand the underlying factors. Dr. Deol also discusses healthcare physicians' role in providing medical care based on patients' ethnicity.
Dr. Rupinder Deol is an NP who specializes in Obesity and Diabetes. Her area of research interest is Asian Indians with diabetes. She completed her Master's in Nursing from Yale School of Nursing and Ph.D. at UCSF.
“Asian Indians have a 40% higher mortality rate compared to their white counterparts and it's really attributed to diabetes.”
Question of the Day: Do you know anyone who suffers from diabetes?
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Key Points:
00:00 Intro with Shireen!
01:16 Dr. Deol's interest in Asian Indians with Diabetes
02:46 Behaviors and beliefs that affect diabetes in Asian Indians
04:15 Asian Indian mindset around diabetes
04:52 Diabetes in Asian Indians in the United States
06:09 Why statistics of diabetes are higher today?
07:20 Why diabetes is disproportionately higher in Asian Indians
08:51 How the Asian Indian diet affects diabetes
12:12 Barriers to providing health care to Asian Indians
14:44 Culturally component medical education for patients
17:37 Dr. Deol’s advice to clinicians providing care to patients of Asian Indian
22:55 Outro with Shireen
