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Diabetes in Hispanic Children

Hispanic culture affects efforts to teach Hispanic children about diabetes. Lorena Drago, certified diabetes instructor and nutritionist at New York's Lincoln Hospital serves as a national volunteer of ADA's Por Tu Familia Latino Initiative and notes that "Many of the behaviors needed to prevent type 2 diabetes and diabetes-related complications-behaviors such as meal planning and physical activity-are shaped by an individual's culture and values" (American Diabetes Association, 2007, p. 1). Thus, it is vital to develop diabetes education initiatives for Hispanic children that are consistent with their culture, values, and abilities. Diabetes self-management in a community health center saw health behaviors and clinical outcomes for underserved patients such as Hispanic children improved when a "low-literacy, culturally appropriate self-management program" (Anderson & Christison-Lagay, 2008, p. 22). Of the center's 50,000 patients, 2,389 are Hispanic/Latino, and 43% of those are Hispanic/Latinos, of whom 88% are at or below 200% of the poverty level. The self-management program was developed "specifically to meet the needs of this population, particularly with regard to literacy level, language, and culture," with materials produced in both English and Spanish and designed for a fourth-grade reading level (Anderson & Christison-Lagay, 2008, p. 22). One adaptation in the program that makes it different from traditional diabetes education programs is that it "focuses less on educational topics and more on actions and behaviors" (Anderson & Christison-Lagay, 2008, p. 22). The center also found that it could reach more patients and achieve better outcomes by "offering individual sessions with nurses and diabetes educators in addition to group sessions," offering the same materials as in group sessions but with greater individualization that provided more flexibility to the patients (Anderson & Christison-Lagay, 2008, p. 22). ...

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