Emerging practices supporting diabetes self-management among food insecure adults and families: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity undermines a patient's ability to follow diabetes self-management recommendations. Care providers need strategies to direct their support of diabetes management among food insecure patients and families.

Objective

To identify what emerging practices health care providers can relay to patients or operationalize to best support diabetes self-management among food insecure adults and families.

Eligibility criteria

Food insecure populations with diabetes (type 1, type 2, prediabetes, gestational diabetes) and provided diabetes management practices specifically for food insecure populations. Only studies in English were considered. In total, 21 articles were reviewed.

Sources of evidence

Seven databases: Cumulative Index of Nursing and All

SUBMITTER: Gucciardi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6834117 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature