PMID- 20441575
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110714
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1744-8603 (Electronic)
IS  - 1744-8603 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2010 May 4
TI  - "For someone who's rich, it's not a problem". Insights from Tanzania on diabetes 
      health-seeking and medical pluralism among Dar es Salaam's urban poor.
PG  - 8
LID - 10.1186/1744-8603-6-8 [doi]
AB  - The prevalence of chronic non-communicable disease, such as type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus (T2DM), is rising worldwide. In Africa, T2DM is primarily affecting 
      those living in urban areas and increasingly affecting the poor. Diabetes 
      management among urban poor is an area of research that has received little 
      attention. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Dar es Salam, the causes and 
      conditions for diabetes management in Tanzania have been examined. In this paper, 
      we focus on the structural context of diabetes services in Tanzania; the current 
      status of biomedical and ethnomedical health care; and health-seeking among 
      people with T2DM. We demonstrate that although Tanzania is actively developing 
      its diabetes services, many people with diabetes and low socioeconomic status are 
      unable to engage continuously in treatment. There are many challenges to be 
      addressed to support people accessing diabetes health care services and improve 
      diabetes management.
FAU - Kolling, Marie
AU  - Kolling M
AD  - Diabetes & Mental Health Unit, King's College London & Institute of Psychiatry, 
      UK. kirsty.winkley@iop.kcl.ac.uk.
FAU - Winkley, Kirsty
AU  - Winkley K
FAU - von Deden, Mette
AU  - von Deden M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100504
PL  - England
TA  - Global Health
JT  - Globalization and health
JID - 101245734
PMC - PMC2874526
EDAT- 2010/05/06 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/06 06:01
PMCR- 2010/05/04
CRDT- 2010/05/06 06:00
PHST- 2009/04/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/05/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/05/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/05/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2010/05/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1744-8603-6-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1744-8603-6-8 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Global Health. 2010 May 4;6:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-8.