title: A community integration approach to social determinants of health in New Mexico.
abstract: Lifestyle and Values Impacting Diabetes Awareness (LA VIDA), a community-based diabetes intervention program targeting Hispanics in southwestern New Mexico, addresses social determinants of health by utilizing promotores and collaborating with community partners and health care providers. Using a mixed-methods approach, a program evaluation documented the promotores' crucial role in providing social support, contributing to social cohesion, and accessing health care, community resources, and LA VIDA's educational and healthy lifestyle activities. Findings suggest that patients with diabetes who participated in the LA VIDA program significantly increased the number of days they checked their feet and took their diabetes medications and significantly lowered their glycated hemoglobin levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tollestrup
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005522:Food Services; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000592:standards*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009516:New Mexico; D012924:Social Conditions; D012932:Social Facilitation; D012944:Social Support