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Diabetes Self-Management Activities for Latinos Living in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities: A Snapshot of an Underserved Rural State

Abstract  

The Latino community continues to grow in the rural Midwest, and diabetes is a pertinent disease for research in this demographic.
Patient self-management is an important aspect of comprehensive care for diabetes and may mitigate complications. A cross-sectional
survey assessed various activities including self-monitoring of blood glucose, personal foot inspection, diet adherence, and
diabetes self-management education. Less than half of the sample performed self-monitoring of blood glucose daily (40 %),
adhered strictly to special diabetes diet recommendations (44 %), or attended a diabetes self-management education class (48 %).
Participants advised on personal foot inspection were three times more likely to perform the self-care activity. Improvements
are indicated in these self-management activities. Further research is needed to discern disparities and barriers in self-monitoring
of blood glucose among this target population. An increased emphasis on enrollment in diabetes self-management classes should
target foreign-born Latinos with lower levels of education.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-9
  • DOI 10.1007/s10903-012-9602-x
  • Authors
    • Daniel Sadowski, Section for International Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1130, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway
    • Michele Devlin, Iowa Center on Health Disparities, University of Northern Iowa, 107 Human Performance Center, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0245, USA
    • Akhtar Hussain, Section for International Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1130, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway
    • Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
    • Online ISSN 1557-1920
    • Print ISSN 1557-1912
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 04/28/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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