Perspectives on the Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals toward Diabetes in Community Health Settings in United Arab Emirates
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52839#.VKoBqsnQrzE Author(s) Wegdan Bani-issa 1* , Kamal Eldeirawi 2 , Hanan Al Tawil 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates . 2 Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease that is associated with high cost and health care utilization. Attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) toward diabetes have a significant impact on quality of diabetes care. Although the prevalence of diabetes in the Arabian Gulf region ...