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Health Promot Pract ; 16(4): 601-8, 2015 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26113496

RESUMO

Despite the high prevalence of diabetes in rural Guatemala, there is little education in diabetes self-management, particularly among the indigenous population. To address this need, a culturally relevant education intervention for diabetic patients was developed and implemented in two rural communities in Guatemala. An evaluative research project was designed to investigate if the structured, community-led diabetes self-management intervention improved selected health outcomes for participants. A one-group, pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational intervention by comparing measures of health, knowledge, and behavior in patients pre- and postintervention. A survey instrument assessed health beliefs and practices and hemoglobin A1c (HgA1c) measured blood glucose levels at baseline and 4 months post initiation of intervention (n = 52). There was a significant decrease (1.2%) in the main outcome measure, mean HgA1c from baseline (10.1%) and follow-up (8.9%; p = .001). Other survey findings were not statistically significant. This study illustrates that a culturally specific, diabetes self-management program led by community health workers may reduce HgA1c levels in rural populations of Guatemala. However, as a random sample was not feasible for this study, this finding should be interpreted with caution. Limitations unique to the setting and patient population are discussed in this article.


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Serviços de Saúde Comunitária/métodos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/psicologia , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Promoção da Saúde/métodos , Indígenas Centro-Americanos/psicologia , Agentes Comunitários de Saúde/educação , Relações Comunidade-Instituição , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Georgia , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/análise , Guatemala , Educação em Saúde , Pessoal de Saúde , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Hemoglobina A/análise , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Metformina/uso terapêutico , População Rural , Faculdades de Medicina , Autocuidado
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