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Community health workers versus nurses as counselors or case managers in a self-help diabetes management program

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  • Kim, K.B.
  • Kim, M.T.
  • Lee, H.B.
  • Nguyen, T.
  • Bone, L.R.
  • Levine, D.

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Objectives.To confirm the effectiveness of community health workers' involvement as counselors or case managers in a self-help diabetes management program in 2009 to 2014. Methods. Our open-label, randomized controlled trial determined the effectiveness of a self-help intervention among Korean Americans aged 35 to 80 years in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. We measured and analyzed physiological and psychobehavioral health outcomes of the community health worker-counseled (n = 54) and registered nurse (RN)-counseled (n = 51) intervention groups in comparison with the control group (n = 104). Results. The community health workers' performance was comparable to that of the RNs for both psychobehavioral outcomes (e.g., self-efficacy, quality of life) and physiological outcomes.The community health worker-counseled group showed hemoglobin A1C reductions from baseline (-1.2%, -1.5%, -1.3%, and -1.6%, at months 3, 6, 9, and 12, respectively), all of which were greater than reductions in the RN-counseled (-0.7%, -0.9%, -0.9%, and -1.0%) or the control (-0.5%, -0.5%, -0.6%, and -0.7%) groups. Conclusions. Community health workers performed as well as or better than nurses as counselors or case managers in a self-help diabetes management program in a Korean American community.

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  • Kim, K.B. & Kim, M.T. & Lee, H.B. & Nguyen, T. & Bone, L.R. & Levine, D., 2016. "Community health workers versus nurses as counselors or case managers in a self-help diabetes management program," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(6), pages 1052-1058.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303054_4
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303054
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