TY - JOUR
T1 - Diabetes self-management quality improvement initiative for medically underserved patients
AU - Seol, Haesun
AU - Thompson, Mark
AU - Kreider, Kathryn Evans
AU - Vorderstrasse, Allison
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The burden of diabetes is greater for minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States. An evidence-based provider-delivered diabetes self-management education intervention was implemented in a federally qualified health center for medically underserved adult patients with type 2 diabetes. The findings provide support for the efficacy of the intervention on improvement in self-management behaviors and glycemic control among underserved patients with diabetes, while not substantially changing provider visit time or workload.
AB - The burden of diabetes is greater for minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States. An evidence-based provider-delivered diabetes self-management education intervention was implemented in a federally qualified health center for medically underserved adult patients with type 2 diabetes. The findings provide support for the efficacy of the intervention on improvement in self-management behaviors and glycemic control among underserved patients with diabetes, while not substantially changing provider visit time or workload.
KW - Community health center
KW - Diabetes self-management education
KW - Glycemic control
KW - Self-management behaviors
KW - Underserved populations
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U2 - 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000243
DO - 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000243
M3 - Article
C2 - 27875381
AN - SCOPUS:84996879902
SN - 1057-3631
VL - 32
SP - 272
EP - 279
JO - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
JF - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
IS - 3
ER -