Open AccessDiabetes podiatry services for Māori in Aotearoa: a step in the right direction?
Author(s) -
Ihaka B,
Rome K,
Came H
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/s13047-022-00564-1
Subject(s) - podiatry , podiatrist , medicine , amputation , aotearoa , diabetes mellitus , indigenous , rehabilitation , physical therapy , nursing , physical medicine and rehabilitation , family medicine , gerontology , alternative medicine , surgery , ecology , pathology , political science , law , biology , endocrinology , complication
Māori with diabetes are at a 65% greater risk of amputation compared to non‐Māori with diabetes. Despite evidence to support the role of podiatrists in reducing diabetes‐related lower limb amputations; the effectiveness of diabetes podiatry services at the community and secondary level to achieve this for Māori is largely unknown. Diabetes podiatry services need to be reorientated and be culturally applicable to Indigenous communities. Transforming diabetes podiatry services and practice may reduce Indigenous amputation rates and improve quality of life for an unserved community.