Rémi Houpert, Marc-Karim Bendiane, Laetitia Huiart, Anne-Deborah Bouhnik, Caroline Alleaume, Rajae Touzani, Jacqueline Veronique-Baudin, Julien Mancini, Clarisse Joachim, Emmanuel Chirpaz
Socioeconomic and cultural factors associated with pap smear screening among French women living in Réunion Island
BMC public health
children type 1 diabetes t1d different ethnic backgrounds growing proportion clinical practice tend higher risk poor health outcomes study aimed investigate perspectives culturally linguistically diverse families management children t1d western australia generic qualitative approach used families children adolescents t1d firstgeneration african asian middle eastern background invited participate semistructured interview interviews audiorecorded transcribed analysed thematically demographic clinical socioeconomic data collected participants fifteen families 27 african 33 middle eastern 40 asian participated study mean sd age child t1d 102 51 years diabetes 29 16 years average hba1c 67 15 mmolmol four main themes identified qualitative analysis dietary challenges lack adequate food resources posed barrier determine carbohydrate amount traditional meals linguistic challenges inadequate reading language skills affected comprehension written information desire pictorial resources reported limited support absence extended family made management t1d difficult knowledge key facilitator acquired clinic education enabled families develop skills effectively manage t1d study highlights need consider cultural diversity psychosocial needs english proficiency health literacy assessing planning diabetes education findings useful formulate culturally sensitive approach diabetes education improve care outcomes young people t1d culturally linguistically diverse families