Cultural competence in Type 2 Diabetes Nursing
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Cultural Competence in Type 2 Diabetes Nursing: Developing Knowledge of ethnic minorities in Scotland
IRAS ID
342190
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, 11 months, 30 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 ethnic minority 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 seeks to identify the barriers and facilitators of engagement in diabetes care for ethnic minority service-users and establish guidelines on how diabetes nurses in Scotland can address these. 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 aims to enhance the ability of UK-based Diabetes nurses to engage ethnic minority 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 ethnic minority service-users to identify barriers and facilitators in practice. These results will be used to create a guidance document to disseminate the competencies needed for diabetes nurses to lead effective practice changes in provision UK-wide.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/NW/0160
Date of REC Opinion
8 May 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion