Necessity, Concepts and Feasibility of Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education for Migrants in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Study on Experts' Views

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate experts´ perspectives concerning necessity, concepts and feasibility of culturally tailored diabetes education for ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Background: Prevalence rates of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are high, especially among under-served population groups including ethnic minority groups (EMGs). There has been increasing recognition that T2DM education programmes are critical to good diabetes selfmanagement. Although studies have shown that disadvantaged population groups are less able to benefit f... Mehr ...