{"title":"Identifying changes in diabetes care","authors":"C. Formosa, A. Mandy, K. Lucas","doi":"10.1002/PDI.1549","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Malta is a small Mediterranean island with particularly distinct population and culture. Italso has one of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the world. As a result it provides aunique microcosm of problems in diabetes care common across Europe. This studyexplores the effects of culture, religion and government organisation on the managementof patients with diabetes. The cultures of patients, health care professionals and the Maltese government wereexamined in terms of their influence on the potential to deliver culturally relevantcompetent care. The results of this research indicate that national culture and local practices may havea detrimental influence on the management of diabetes in Malta. The findings highlight theneed for change if effective diabetes care is to be offered to the Maltese population.These changes are related to a highly complex, poorly understood health care system,and to the way in which it is structured and the way health care processes are managed inthis highly specific national and ethnic culture. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons.","PeriodicalId":92116,"journal":{"name":"Practical diabetes international : the journal for diabetes care teams worldwide","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/PDI.1549","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Practical diabetes international : the journal for diabetes care teams worldwide","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/PDI.1549","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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确定糖尿病护理的变化
马耳他是地中海上的一个小岛,有着独特的人口和文化。它也是世界上2型糖尿病发病率最高的国家之一。因此,它提供了一个独特的缩影,在整个欧洲糖尿病护理常见的问题。本研究探讨文化、宗教和政府组织对糖尿病患者管理的影响。研究了患者、保健专业人员和马耳他政府的文化对提供与文化相关的合格护理的潜力的影响。这项研究的结果表明,国家文化和地方做法可能对马耳他的糖尿病管理产生不利影响。研究结果强调,如果要为马耳他人民提供有效的糖尿病治疗,就需要做出改变。这些变化与高度复杂、缺乏了解的卫生保健系统有关,也与在这种高度特定的国家和民族文化中构建卫生保健系统的方式和管理卫生保健过程的方式有关。版权所有©2011 John Wiley & Sons。
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