Implementing primary care diabetes prevention for women with previous gestational diabetes: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implementation of diabetes prevention for women with previous gestational diabetes (GDM) has been stymied by many barriers that are located within routine general practice (GP). We aimed to unpack the GP factors and understand the mechanisms that explain why a diabetes prevention intervention for this population succeeds or fails.

Methods

We performed a mixed-methods study with a Normalization Process Theory framework that included clinical audits, semistructured interviews, and focus groups within mixed urban and rural primary care practices in Victoria, Australia. Staff of primary care practices and external support staff who provide services to women with previous GDM participated in a 12-month quality improvement collaborative intervention. We compared dia

SUBMITTER: O'Reilly SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9680660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature