TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways and Barriers to Diabetes Screening
T2 - Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact, HumTech 2015
AU - Brown, Eran
AU - Natoli, Nicholas
AU - McLaughlin, Richard
AU - Mehta, Khanjan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The rise of diabetes in Kenya presents many challenges to a healthcare system struggling to deal with communicable diseases such as HIV and malaria. The lack of a proper system in place to quickly and effectively diagnose diabetes, especially in remote areas, has led to many preventable complications and a rapid increase in diabetes-related hospital admissions. Based on a review of literature and governmental reports, as well as fieldwork conducted in Nyeri, Kenya, this article describes patient screening and diagnosis pathways. The diverse human factors, technology challenges and systemic issues that impede the timely and widespread screening of diabetics are described in details. An understanding of the patient landscape and specific failure modes can inform technological, business and policy innovations to lower barriers to diabetes screening, diagnosis and management.
AB - The rise of diabetes in Kenya presents many challenges to a healthcare system struggling to deal with communicable diseases such as HIV and malaria. The lack of a proper system in place to quickly and effectively diagnose diabetes, especially in remote areas, has led to many preventable complications and a rapid increase in diabetes-related hospital admissions. Based on a review of literature and governmental reports, as well as fieldwork conducted in Nyeri, Kenya, this article describes patient screening and diagnosis pathways. The diverse human factors, technology challenges and systemic issues that impede the timely and widespread screening of diabetics are described in details. An understanding of the patient landscape and specific failure modes can inform technological, business and policy innovations to lower barriers to diabetes screening, diagnosis and management.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.096
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.096
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84946068460
VL - 107
SP - 387
EP - 394
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
SN - 1877-7058
Y2 - 12 May 2015 through 14 May 2015
ER -
