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Barriers To Diabetes Care In Appalachia: Challenges Faced By Healthcare Providers, Megan Cullinan
Barriers To Diabetes Care In Appalachia: Challenges Faced By Healthcare Providers, Megan Cullinan
Senior Honors Theses
Appalachia is a region of the United States that is characterized by high rates of poverty, low levels of education, elevated incidence of chronic disease, and inadequate healthcare. Compared to the national average, the area has an elevated incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Though this disease process is an issue that must be addressed by healthcare providers, these providers face many challenges and barriers to providing adequate care for this disease in the Appalachian population. Barriers to care include geography with limited transportation, an inadequate number of healthcare personnel, patient inability to afford healthcare, patient attitudes toward diabetes care, and …