title: Defy Diabetes! Impact on faith community/parish nurses teaching Healthy Living classes.
abstract: Defy Diabetes! was a 2-year grant to Seton Health, Troy, New York, from the New York State Health Foundation to impact diabetes in the state. Development of a program using STEP (Spring into Healthy Habits) from St. John Community Health, Warren, Michigan, to teach Health Living classes in faith communities and monitor diabetes management in primary care offices yielded positive outcomes. This article reports the impact on the faith community nurses from participating in Defy Diabetes! and teaching Healthy Living classes.
authors.affiliation: Seton Health/St. Mary Hospital, Troy, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brennan-Jordan
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frenn
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kelman
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002835:Christianity; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000451:nursing*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064698:Parish Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation