Cultural influences and diabetes health care

Cultural influences on health care in Palestine.

International cancer care efforts are focusing increasingly on why cancer typically is diagnosed at later stages in the developing world. In Middle Eastern countries, cancer usually is diagnosed at a more advanced stage of disease. For example, in Palestine, 42% of cases were reported stage III and 18% were stage IV. Receiving a cancer diagnosis and seeking treatment is influenced by cultural v...

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Overweight and diabetes in American Samoa: the cultural translation of research into health care practice.

The US territory of American Samoa is 2600 miles southwest of Hawaii, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. The independent country of Samoa lies just to the west. Together they form an island chain populated by the same ethnic group of native Pacific islanders. Before World War II residents used subsistence farming and fishing; diabetes was rare. More recently, non-communicable chronic...

Ramadan Fasting and Diabetes Care

Cross-cultural communication barriers in health care.

AIM To investigate healthcare professionals' perceptions of caring for people from ethnic minorities with poor or no English language skills when accessing health care. METHOD Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 34 healthcare professionals to identify their perception of barriers encountered by those with poor or no English language skills. FINDINGS Five main themes were identi...