Exploring culturally competent primary care diabetes services: a single-city survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To determine the cultural competence of diabetes services delivered to minority ethnic groups in a multicultural UK city with a diabetes prevalence of 4.3%.

Methods

A semi-structured survey comprising 35 questions was carried out across all 66 general practices in Coventry between November 2011 and January 2012. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The cultural competence of diabetes services reported in the survey was assessed using a culturally competent assessment tool (CCAT).

Results

Thirty-four general practices (52%) responded and six important findings emerged across those practices. (1) Ninety-four per cent of general practices reported the ethnicity of their populations. (2) One in three people with diabetes was from a minority ethnic group.

SUBMITTER: Zeh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5063109 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature