A Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Website for African Americans, Caucasians, and Mexican Americans: Formative Evaluation
| Autor: | Kevan Schultz, David V. Halpern, Belinda M. Reininger, Kendra M. Stine, Luke Ling, Laurel Person Mecca |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Gerontology
media_common.quotation_subject education Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Ethnic group Psychological intervention R858-859.7 physical activity Health literacy Type 2 diabetes Literacy socioeconomic status eHealth Medicine Socioeconomic status media_common African Americans Original Paper Internet diabetes business.industry Mexican-Americans Transtheoretical model General Medicine medicine.disease website business dietary intake health literacy |
| Zdroj: | JMIR Research Protocols, Vol 2, Iss 2, p e24 (2013) JMIR Research Protocols |
| ISSN: | 1929-0748 |
| Popis: | Background: The majority of Americans now access the Internet, thereby expanding prospects for Web-based health-related education and intervention. However, there remains a digital divide among those with lower income and education, and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Additional concerns are the low eHealth literacy rate among these populations and their interest in Internet-delivered interventions with these components. Given these factors, combined with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among low socioeconomic status and Spanish-speaking Americans, strides need to be taken to reach these populations with online tools for diabetes prevention and management that are at once accessible and efficacious. Objective: Using a formative evaluation of an eHealth diabetes prevention and control website, we tested the extent to which African Americans, Caucasians, and Mexican Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes gained knowledge and intended to modify their dietary intake and physical activity subsequent to viewing the website. We also examined their general Internet use patterns related to type 2 diabetes. Methods: A mixed methods approach was undertaken. The diabetes prevention and control website provided educational and behavioral change information in English and Spanish. For this study, eligible participants (1) completed a prequantitative survey, (2) interacted with the website, (3) completed a qualitative interview, and (4) completed a postquantitative survey. Results: After finding a significant differences in posttest diabetes knowledge scores ( P |
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