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Publication - Personal Barriers to diabetes care, lessons from a multi-ethnic community in New Zealand

This paper from 1998, published in Diabetic Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(1998110)15:11%3C958::AID-DIA687%3E3.0.CO;2-9     Authors Simmons, Weblemoe, Voyle, Prichard, Leakehe and Gatland.    The abstract is "The aim of this study was to identify and quantify barriers to diabetes care perceived by diabetic subjects from a multiethnic, urban community (mainly New Zealand Europeans, Maori, and Pacific Islanders). A qualitative survey including 57 ...

Article NZMJ - DCSS - Diabetes Care Support Service 1997

The conclusion of this article by David Simmons et al, published in the NZ Medical Journal, with 291 participants in a Primary Care Quality improvement Audit was "The DCSS is a seamless, service-orientated approach to the delivery of diabetes care by primary and secondary services and is likely to improve care district-wide and identify the need for further interventions. Subsequent audit passes will allow the demonstration and monitoring of any changes that occur, as well as the demonstration o...

Publication - Ethnic difference in diabetes knowledge - Survey

Survey carried out of diabetes knowledge looking at ethnic differences in knowledge about diabetes in South Auckland.  Publication of this Paper  in the NZMJ in May 1994.        ...