Diabetes ROADMAP: An Intervention to Address Health Disparities Through Personalized Diagnosis Communication
Abstract
Background: Diabetes is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Ethnic minorities experience a disproportionate burden of diabetes. Studies have shown that culturally-tailored diabetes interventions can improve glycemic control among ethnic minorities who are already managing diabetes. However, research has overlooked the critical moment of diagnosis and how patients respond to the news of prediabetes or diabetes. Objective: This study will design and evaluate a culturally-centered intervention to motivate and activate patients newly diagnosed with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes to adopt self-management behaviors. The intervention proposed here, Diabetes ROADMAP (Responding to the Opportunity to Adapt the Diagnosis to Motivate and Activate Patients), will use three strategies: delivering education and training (patient education in self-management and provider training in cultural competency), providing reminders and feedback (patient reminders), and cultural targeting (culturally targeted education materials). Our overall goal is to translate health communication theory into clinical practice by testing a patient-centered intervention in a clinical setting to produce sustained behavior change.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1134785
Entities
People
- Carla L Fisher
- Christopher C. Ledford
- Christy J W Ledford
- Dean Seehusen
- Stephanie Fulleborn
- Tyler Rogers
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences