title: Workshop characteristics related to chronic disease self-management education program attendance.
abstract: Using the national dissemination of Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) programs, the purposes of this study were to (1) document intervention attendance rates as related to the number of participants enrolled in the workshop and (2) compare the relationship between workshop attendance and workshop size by delivery site rurality and type. Data were analyzed from the first 100,000 middle-aged and older adults who participated in CDSME workshops spanning 45 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program initiative. Descriptive statistics are reported for all participants, then separately by each delivery site type. Ratios between the number of workshop participants and the number of workshop sessions attended were calculated and graphed based on the rurality of delivery and separately for the leading five delivery site types. Associations between the number of workshop participants and the number of sessions attended differed by delivery site rurality and type. Findings have implications for participant retention and workshop delivery costs, which can assist program deliverers to strategically plan implementation efforts in their areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, The University of Georgia , Athens, GA , USA.
authors.forename: Matthew Lee
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health , College Station, TX , USA.
authors.forename: Marcia G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ory
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine , Irvine, CA , USA.
authors.forename: Luohua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Stanford Patient Education Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine , Palo Alto, CA , USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lorig
authors.affiliation: National Council on Aging , Washington, DC , USA.
authors.forename: Kristie P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kulinski
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis , Memphis, TN , USA ; Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health , College Station, TX , USA.
authors.forename: SangNam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahn
keywords: chronic disease self-management; evaluation; evidence-based program; intervention dose; older adults