AI Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to understand healthcare providers' views on the cultural challenges and supports affecting diabetes self-management (DSM) in the Arab American community.
- - Key barriers identified included the disease's stigma and patients’ denial of their condition, while cultural factors both helped and hindered effective DSM.
- - To improve DSM education for Arab Americans, it should be tailored to align with the cultural factors highlighted by providers.
Article Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine providers' perspectives on cultural barriers and facilitators to diabetes self-management (DSM) in Arab Americans to identify factors to enhance DSM education in the Arab-American community. The main barriers to DSM from the providers' perspective were the disease itself and patients' denial or refusal to recognize it, reflecting the stigma of the disease. Cultural aspects also included overlapping themes that both facilitated and presented barriers to DSM. These results suggest that DSM education for Arab Americans will be most effective if developed and delivered in a manner consistent with the cultural facilitators and barriers noted by providers.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241769 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/cd15-0030 | DOI Listing |
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