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Advancing Diabetes Self Management: La Clinica de La Raza

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The goal of Advancing Diabetes Self Management (ADSM) was to improve health outcomes of low-income Latinos living in Oakland, California who suffer from type 2 diabetes.

ADSM aimed to add two new components to standard care practices: (1) community health workers (CHWs) worked one on one with patients in the clinical setting, and (2) patient-centered counseling using the transtheoretical model of change was utilized. CHWs led or assisted many activities, including support groups, one-on-one telephone counseling, diabetes classes, walking clubs, and a psychoeducational group for depression.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Advancing Diabetes Self Management at La Clinica de La Raza was to improve health outcomes of those suffering from type 2 diabetes.

Results / Accomplishments

An evaluation of the program at La Clinica de La Raza revealed that A1c levels declined significantly from baseline to 6 months (p<0.015) and again from baseline to 1 year (p<0.004).

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
La Clinica de La Raza
Primary Contact
Joan Thompson
Preventive Medicine Department
1515 Fruitvale Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
jthompson@laclinica.org
http://www.diabetesinitiative.org/programs/DILaCli...
Topics
Health / Diabetes
Organization(s)
La Clinica de La Raza
Source
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date of publication
2007
Date of implementation
Nov 2003
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Oakland, CA
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Target Audience
Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Additional Audience
people with type 2 diabetes