Cultural competence in Type 2 Diabetes Nursing
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Cultural competence in Type 2 Diabetes Nursing: Developing knowledge of BAME groups
IRAS ID
338697
Contact name
Tabeth Timba-Emmanuel
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Abertay
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
EMS7549, Ethics Approval from Abertay University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 1 days
Research summary
Management of pre-diabetes and diabetes is increasingly focused on patient-centred empowerment of service-users to self-manage their risk factors and condition. Members of the BAME community are more likely to hold a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and are also more likely to experience disparities in diabetes care provision. Poorer quality healthcare service provision is thought to be a result of euro-centric training and competence in frontline healthcare staff. This is associated with practitioner self-efficacy, intercultural anxiety, poor intercultural communication, a lack of lived experience of interacting with minority groups and poor awareness of culturally linked barriers such as lifestyle and understanding of the condition.
This project is needed to ensure diabetes nurses are aware of the skills and competencies required to support this group and can participate in upskilling to ensure equality of provision in diabetes services. This ambition aligns with the NHS drive for equality of service provision (Equality-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Policy-HR01.pdf (resolution.nhs.UK)) and the NMC EDI ambitions (Our EDI aims - The Nursing and Midwifery Council (nmc.org.uk)
This project seeks to identify the barriers and facilitators of engagement in diabetes care for BAME service-users and establish guidelines on how diabetes nurses in Scotland can address these.
This project aims to enhance the ability of UK-based Diabetes nurses to engage BAME service users effectively in Type 2 diabetes management by addressing the current lack of cultural competence in the NHS. It will achieve this by:
1. Reviewing the empirical evidence identifying nurse-led best practices in ensuring engagement in care for this community.
2. Supporting and empowering BAME service-users to identify barriers and facilitators in practice.
3. Using these results to create a guidance document to disseminate the competencies needed for diabetes nurses to lead effective practice changes in provision UK-wide, support the development of training and CPD, and feed into the international knowledge base.REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
24/NI/0039
Date of REC Opinion
5 Mar 2024
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion