Community Health Worker - Diabetes Self-Management Intervention for Mexican Americans

Disparities in the health of vulnerable Hispanic populations require innovativeapproaches that are culturally-appropriate. The use of promotores/as whoare community health workers unique to Hispanic populations is aninnovative approach that has the potential to deliver comprehensive diabetesself-management education that is culturally-appropriate. This book willdiscuss a randomized control trial of a promotora-led diabetes self-managementintervention for Mexican Americans the largest subgroup of Hispanicsin the US. The methodology of the trial and the results will be discussed indetail as well as recommendations for future research. The target groups forwhich this book is written include: nurses physicians health educatorspublic health administrators and any other health care providers who workwith vulnerable Hispanic populations.