Barriers and Opportunities: A Community-Based Participatory Research Study of Health Beliefs Related to Diabetes in a US Marshallese Community

Conclusions While there are significant barriers to improving diabetes self-management, there are also areas of opportunity, including family and peer reinforcement to encourage proper diabetes management behaviors and a growing community desire to lift the stigma of diabetes. The CBPR team offers recommendations to make diabetes management interventions more culturally appropriate and effective for the Marshallese population.

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Source: The Diabetes Educator - January 23, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Hallgren, E. A., McElfish, P. A., Rubon-Chutaro, J. Tags: Features Source Type: research