Implementation of a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Intervention With Community Health Workers in American Samoa

Conclusions A nurse-CHW team can deliver a culturally adapted diabetes self-management support intervention with excellent fidelity to the algorithm-based protocols. The team accommodated participants’ needs by meeting them whenever and wherever they could. This study provides an example of adaptation of an evidence-based model to the Samoan cultural context and its resource-poor setting.

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Source: The Diabetes Educator - November 8, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: DePue, J. D., Rosen, R. K., Seiden, A., Bereolos, N., Chima, M. L., Goldstein, M. G., Nu'usolia, O., Tuitele, J., McGarvey, S. T. Tags: Features Source Type: research