An Effective Model for Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
| Autor: | Vicky Totikidis, Alex Skaria, Lily Stojanovska, Paul Lewandowaski, Rizwana Kousar, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Margaret Mayhew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Volunteers Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Capacity Building Victoria Cost-Benefit Analysis media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior Type 2 diabetes 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Nursing Residence Characteristics medicine Humans Body Weights and Measures 030212 general & internal medicine Health Education Life Style Language media_common Community Health Workers 030505 public health Anthropometric data business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Capacity building Cultural Diversity Middle Aged medicine.disease Outreach Health promotion Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Community health Female Health education 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative Health Research. 26:603-612 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7557 1049-7323 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1049732315578401 |
| Popis: | We developed and tested a cost-effective model for health promotion capacity building among community health volunteers (CHVs) within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Twenty multilingual CHVs, from CALD communities in Melbourne, underwent 3 days of education and training to deliver face-to-face education programs in their own language. Participants were instructed how to collect anthropometric data, make qualitative observations, and conduct diabetes knowledge questionnaires, before conducting mini education sessions with three members of their own community. Knowledge about diabetes among CHVs increased. CHVs were able to collect anthropomorphic data and knowledge surveys from community participants with greater participation than from outreach programs. Evidence-based data collected by CHVs could be incorporated into health education and promotion programs run by CHVs. Here we confirm that CHVs represent an effective tool for health promotion within CALD communities and have the capacity to incorporate evidence-based collection as part of their health education. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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