Peggy (English name) and I met each other back in 2007. We got our pictures taken in the office of the Director of Nursing (I'm on the right with that hot pink bandana ~heh, heh). Peggy is currently a Vice Director of Outpatient Services at the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in Guangzhou, China.
One of the serious concerns that Peggy and other nursing and medical personnel have identified is a prevalence of Type II diabetes mellitus in China. While Type II diabetes used to be called "adult onset" diabetes, the sad fact is that children and young adults are also becoming afflicted, and in record numbers.
One high risk factor for Type II diabetes is being overweight or obese.
In her role as director of out-patient services, Peggy is very interested in ways to address the problem of obesity in China, and she is eager to work with us.
Peggy and other Community and Public Health Nurses from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University will be working closely with our teaching and research team this spring and early summer. They will help us identify the highest risk population of young people, and they will help us surmount the language barrier (for our teaching) with translation from English to Mandarin Chinese. Although many Chinese youth do speak and understand English, it will be helpful to have nursing guidance!
We are very grateful to Peggy for agreeing to work in partnership with us, supporting our research, and for helping us "foreigners" feel welcome in China.
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