Alison Nankervis

Jun 19, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Felicia Widyaputri |Sophie Rogers |Alison Nankervis |Jennifer Conn

1 INTRODUCTION Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in working-age people1; pregnancy is an established risk factor for its development and progression.2 Up to 1 in 4 pregnancies with pregestational diabetes mellitus are affected by sight-threatening DR (STDR), defined as the presence of proliferative DR or diabetic macular oedema (DMO),3 highlighting the need to treat pregnant women appropriately to preserve vision.

Jun 6, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alison Nankervis |Helena J. Teede |Rosalie Aroni

Abstract Background Immigrants worldwide have a two-fold higher risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than women of the host country. Providing culturally appropriate woman-centred GDM care to attenuate adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes is a persistent challenge for health services.