title: The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: a complex quality improvement intervention to decrease diabetes-related major lower extremity amputations and improve diabetes care in a lower-middle-income country.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Nashwah Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.affiliation: Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lebovic
authors.affiliation: Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Ministry of Health Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Ministry of Health Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Indira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bhoj
authors.affiliation: Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana.
authors.forename: Rolinda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirton
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ostrow
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D003906:Developing Countries; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006172:Guyana; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity; D015397:Program Evaluation; D058996:Quality Improvement