TY - JOUR
T1 - A culturally competent intervention of education and care for black women with type 2 diabetes
AU - Melkus, Gail D.Eramo
AU - Spollett, Geralyn
AU - Jefferson, Vanessa
AU - Chyun, Deborah
AU - Tuohy, Beth
AU - Robinson, Tanisha
AU - Kaisen, Anne
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by a grant from The Donaghue Foundation and from Bayer Corporation.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - This article reports on the development and pilot feasibility testing of a culturally competent intervention of education and care for black women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Using a one group, pretest posttest quasi-experimental design, the intervention was tested with a convenience sample of 25 community black women with T2DM. The conceptual basis, process, and content of the intervention as well as the feasibility and acceptability of study materials and methods are described. Significant improvements from baseline to 3 months were observed in measures of glycemic control, weight, body mass index, and diabetes-related emotional distress. The findings suggest that a culturally sensitive intervention of nurse practitioner diabetes care and education is beneficial for black women with T2DM, resulting in program attendance, kept appointments, improved glycemic control and weight, and decreased diabetes-related emotional distress.
AB - This article reports on the development and pilot feasibility testing of a culturally competent intervention of education and care for black women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Using a one group, pretest posttest quasi-experimental design, the intervention was tested with a convenience sample of 25 community black women with T2DM. The conceptual basis, process, and content of the intervention as well as the feasibility and acceptability of study materials and methods are described. Significant improvements from baseline to 3 months were observed in measures of glycemic control, weight, body mass index, and diabetes-related emotional distress. The findings suggest that a culturally sensitive intervention of nurse practitioner diabetes care and education is beneficial for black women with T2DM, resulting in program attendance, kept appointments, improved glycemic control and weight, and decreased diabetes-related emotional distress.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnr.2003.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.apnr.2003.10.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 14991551
AN - SCOPUS:1342321870
SN - 0897-1897
VL - 17
SP - 10
EP - 20
JO - Applied Nursing Research
JF - Applied Nursing Research
IS - 1
ER -