Upskilling programmes for unregulated care providers to provide diabetic foot screening for systematically marginalised populations: how, why and in what contexts do they work? A realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to understand how, why and in what context upskilling programmes for unregulated care providers (UCPs) to provide foot screening for systematically marginalised groups living with diabetes were implemented.

Design

We used realist synthesis based on Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards guidance.

Data sources

We searched the Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, Web of Science Core Collection, and Scopus databases and the grey literature (Google Scholar, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses) up to November 2022.

Eligibility criteria

We included experimental and non-experimental articles in English that either described mechanisms or discussed expected outcomes for educational interventions for patients and family ca

SUBMITTER: Hassan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806612 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature