Community networking as a means for identifying people with diabetes in a rural, predominantly bicultural community in New Zealand.

Aims: To assess the use of community networking to estimate the prevalence of diabetes in a predominantly New Zealand Maori and European community.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of people with known diabetes identified either through general practice or community networks (others with diabetes, public notices or public meetings) was undertaken. Ascertainment was compared using capture-recapture methods for two independent samples.

Personal barriers to diabetes care: lessons from a multi-ethnic community in New Zealand.

The aim of this study was to identify and quantify barriers to diabetes care perceived by diabetic subjects from a multiethnic, urban community (mainly New Zealand Europeans, Maori, and Pacific Islanders). A qualitative survey including 57 diabetic subjects and health care providers from a diverse range of backgrounds was followed by a cross-sectional household survey. Barriers to care were quantified among 1862 (2.

Perceptions of diabetes among rural Maori elders and spokespersons.

Aims: To assess knowledge and opinions of diabetes among rural Maori elders and spokespersons.

Methods: Interviews were conducted in rural South Auckland. Subjects were identified through their affiliation with one marae (meeting house), residence near the marae and being recognised locally as either male (kaumatua) or female (kuia) elders or spokespersons.