A comparative effectiveness study of two culturally competent models of diabetes self-management programming for Latinos from low-income households.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes risk is extremely high for Latinos from low-income households. Health guidelines recommend that individuals learn strategies to self-manage their diabetes, but getting people to adopt required lifestyle changes is challenging and many people are not able to prevent their pre-diabetes from escalating or effectively control their diabetes. Systematic reviews show that culturally competent self-management programs can significantly improve diabetes outcomes and different models for culturally competent programming have been developed.

Methods

This patient-engaged study will compare the effectiveness of two distinct evidence-based models for culturally competent diabetes health promotion at two sites that serve a large Latino patient population from low-incom

SUBMITTER: Page-Reeves J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525248 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature