Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Public Health
Department/Program/Center
Health Policy, Management & Leadership
Abstract
This study used a focus group in August 2017 (n = 9) to explore the perceptions of rural physicians to a state request to incorporate diabetes prevention screening into their West Virginia medical practice. Analysis of the data revealed that the participants did not think private physicians were equipped to incorporate diabetes prevention programming into their practice. Three categories emerged from the data analysis to explain the reasoning of the health practitioners on the incorporation of pre-diabetes screening and management into their practice.
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The practice of medicine
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Prevention is a mismatch
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In the end, the study revealed that a request for physicians to identify and refer at risk patients to a diabetes prevention program is problematic due to conceptual and structural issues. Based on the findings it does not appear at this time that private physicians in rural settings can incorporate diabetes prevention into their existing practice. To address conceptual and structural barriers the invitation to rural physicians must: 1) present evidence on how physicians may be effective in a diabetes management team; 2) include a model that demonstrates a limited, specific role and duties for the physician within a team setting; and last, 3) integrate physicians into an existing community-based network of social and human service providers set up to provide diabetes prevention services.
Digital Commons Citation
Andress, Lauri; Scalise, Danny; Wright, Jessica G.; and Moore, Stephanie E., "Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: Perceptions of Appalachian Physicians on the Incorporation of Chronic Disease Prevention Into Their Practice" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 881.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/881
Source Citation
Andress L, Scalise D, Wright JG, Moore SE. Fitting a square peg into a round hole: Perceptions of Appalachian physicians on the incorporation of chronic disease prevention into their practice. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2018;11:216-220. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.06.002
Comments
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This article received support from the WVU Libraries' Open Access Author Fund.