Findings from Medical College of Wisconsin Update Understanding of Type 2 Diabetes (Individual-, Community-, and Health System-level Barriers To Optimal Type 2 Diabetes Care for Inner-city African Americans: an Integrative Review and Model …)

2019 DEC 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions - Type 2 Diabetes are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “The purpose of this integrative review is (1) to elucidate the unique barriers faced by inner-city African Americans for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) care; (2) to identify effective interventions/programs for optimal T2DM care at the individual, community, and health systems levels; and (3) to integrate 2 behavioral models and 1 social ecological model for framing interventions for inner-city African American to optimize T2DM care. PRISMA guidelines were followed to systematically search PubMed, PsychInfo, and CINAHL.”

Financial support for this research came from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Medical College of Wisconsin, “Integration of models was based on underlying principles of social ecological models. The search returned 1183 articles. Forty-six articles were synthesized after applying inclusion criteria. Multiple barriers for the individual level, community level, and health system level were identified. Major barriers include lack of knowledge, lack of social support, and self-management support. Interventions identified in this review show that among inner-city African Americans with T2DM, the focus is placed at the health systems level, with very limited focus toward addressing individual- and community-level barriers. Final synthesis includes development of a new integrated model that explains barriers to care across multiple levels. These findings highlight the fragmentation that may be occurring between policy, research, and practice for achieving health equity and addressing health disparities for T2DM care among inner-city African Americans. The new model is an important step in the pursuit of equity in T2DM by specifying the complex barriers that occur across multiple levels.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The application of this model using the 2017 National Standards for Diabetes-Self Management Education and Support are discussed.”

For more information on this research see: Individual-, Community-, and Health System-level Barriers To Optimal Type 2 Diabetes Care for Inner-city African Americans: an Integrative Review and Model Development. The Diabetes Educator, 2019;():. The Diabetes Educator can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.A. Campbell, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Ctr Adv Populat Sci, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721719889338. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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