Integrating family and friend support, information technology, and diabetes education in community-centric diabetes self-management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diabetes self-management (DSM) education, social support, and information technology interventions can improve patient engagement and health. A major challenge is animating, integrating, and accessing resources in under-resourced, rural communities. Set in an island community in Hawai'i, this study piloted a program that integrated friend-and-family support, community health services, telehealth-enabled DSM education, and mobile technologies by activating the community's social capital to support the program.

Materials and methods

An action research approach informed the design and implementation of a community-based DSM program that included: friends and family support, telehealth classes, personalized consultations, Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose monitors, and t

SUBMITTER: Higa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7883992 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature