Strengthening community actions to improve diabetes mellitus care optimising public health facilitators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes mellitus is the second leading cause of death in South Africa, and almost 90,000 people died from diabetes-related causes in the year 2019. This study aimed to investigate facilitators that can be harnessed to strengthen community actions and barriers that should be redressed in structured public health and health promotion programs for people with diabetes mellitus at a primary healthcare level.

Methods

An exploratory qualitative study was conducted using face-to-face interviews among 20 conveniently sampled participants. The Ottawa Charter was adopted to guide health promotion and strengthening actions for people with diabetes mellitus. This study was conducted at Ngangelizwe Community Health Centre. Ngangelizwe is one of the townships located about 2 k

SUBMITTER: Nxedlana O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11776232 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature