TY - JOUR
T1 - A Theoretical Framework for a Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Community Intervention
AU - Vorderstrasse, Allison
AU - Shaw, Ryan J.
AU - Blascovich, Jim
AU - Johnson, Constance M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the National Library of Medicine (1R21LM010727-01).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Due to its high prevalence, chronic nature, potential complications, and self-management challenges for patients, diabetes presents significant health education and support issues. We developed and pilot-tested a virtual community for adults with type 2 diabetes to promote self-management education and provide social support. Although digital-based programs such as virtual environments can address significant barriers to reaching patients (i.e., child care, transportation, location), they must be strongly grounded in a theoretical basis to be well-developed and effective. In this article, we discuss how we synthesized behavioral and virtual environment theoretical frameworks to guide the development of SLIDES (Second Life Impacts Diabetes Education and Support).
AB - Due to its high prevalence, chronic nature, potential complications, and self-management challenges for patients, diabetes presents significant health education and support issues. We developed and pilot-tested a virtual community for adults with type 2 diabetes to promote self-management education and provide social support. Although digital-based programs such as virtual environments can address significant barriers to reaching patients (i.e., child care, transportation, location), they must be strongly grounded in a theoretical basis to be well-developed and effective. In this article, we discuss how we synthesized behavioral and virtual environment theoretical frameworks to guide the development of SLIDES (Second Life Impacts Diabetes Education and Support).
KW - diabetes self-management education
KW - theoretical framework
KW - type 2 diabetes
KW - virtual environment
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945913518993
DO - 10.1177/0193945913518993
M3 - Article
C2 - 24451083
AN - SCOPUS:84907157702
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 36
SP - 1222
EP - 1237
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 9
ER -