title: The effectiveness of a community health program in improving diabetes knowledge in the Hispanic population: Salud y Bienestar (Health and Wellness).
abstract: We evaluated the effectiveness of the Salud y Bienestar program to deliver diabetes education in the Hispanic population in the United States. This program uses a community outreach model where community health promoters are trained and then they deliver education to other community members regarding diabetes disease, risk factors, and ways to prevent and control disease. This intervention applies a one-group pre- and post-test design to improve diabetes knowledge. The intervention carried out in the states of California, Texas, and Washington DC. A total of 1,413 participants were enrolled. Of these, 73% were females, 46% were 65 years or older, 59% were Mexican, 64% had at least elementary education, 56% had lived in the US for more than 20 years, and 38% participants were self-reported diabetic. Among diabetic participants, a significant improvement was observed on diabetes knowledge when comparing pre- and post-test scores (13.7 vs. 18.6, P < 0.001; Cohen's d = 1.2). Among non-diabetic participants, diabetes knowledge also increased significantly after one-single training session (12.9 vs. 18.2, P < 0.001; Cohen's d = 1.2). The Salud y Bienestar program conducted by community health workers was effective approach to improving diabetes knowledge in the Hispanic population.
authors.affiliation: National Hispanic Council on Aging, 734 15th Street NW Suite 1050, Washington, DC, 20005, USA.
authors.forename: Yanira
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Maria-Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Lane
authors.forename: Janet I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Cohello
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bautista
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services; D003150:Community Health Workers; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States
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