Strengthening Primary Care Through Project ECHO^®: Pilot Study on Nutrition, Brain Health, and Clinician Self-Efficacy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Primary care clinicians are mostly the initial point of contact in providing patient care; however, many clinicians report inadequate training and a lack of confidence in promoting brain health among their patients from a nutrition perspective. This participatory mixed-methods study evaluated the impact of a Project ECHO® pilot program on clinicians' perceived self-efficacy in promoting brain health through nutrition among Latino older adults in South Texas.

Methods

Employing an explanatory sequential design, a training curriculum was designed for primary care clinicians using the Project ECHO® model. Four virtual sessions were provided once a week on nutrition-related topics through the videoconferencing platform Zoom. Quantitative data were collected via pre- an

SUBMITTER: Sharma V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12572609 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature