A cross-sectional survey of general practice health workers ’ perceptions of their provision of culturally competent services to ethnic minority people with diabetes

Diabetes is the fourth most common cause of death globally [1]. It is a lifelong disease, with serious health complications (such as blindness, coronary vascular disease, kidney failure, nerve damage, stroke and lower limb amputation) and significantly reduces life expectancy [2]. The ageing populations and rising levels of obesity across the world would suggest diabetes is a major challenge in global public health. Ethnic minority groups (population subgroups with an ethnic origin different from that of the majority population of the host country), are susceptible to diabetes due to physiological, environmental and lifestyle factors, insulin resistance and genetic predisposition [3 –5] and often experience poorer health outcomes [3,6,7].

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - August 22, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Peter Zeh, Ann-Marie Cannaby, Harbinder K. Sandhu, Jane Warwick, Jackie A. Sturt Tags: Original research Source Type: research