Lay health worker intervention in pre-diabetes management: Study protocol of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial for Chinese families living in inadequate houses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lay health workers, despite their lack of formal trainings, are important partners in providing accessible care to people with risk to develop diabetes in the community. While pre-diabetes and diabetes are more prevalent among people with low socio-economic status, including those living in inadequate houses. However, this population often have accessibility problems to formal care services due to their financial and social disadvantages. In a high-income, developed Chinese society, this pragmatic randomized controlled trial seeks to investigate the effect of a 6-months lay health worker intervention in diabetes management among people living in sub-divided flats units in Hong Kong.

Methods and analysis

In this trial, 222 Chinese primary caregivers living in ina

SUBMITTER: Chan CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589092 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature