Trial reportJournal of community health2012
Diabetes prevention education program for community health care workers in Thailand.
Trial report in Journal of community health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Community Health Worker Training to Improve the Prevention and Control of Cardiometabolic Diseases in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Evaluation of a training program of hypertension for accredited social health activists (ASHA) in rural India.BMC health services research · 2018Trial
- Outcomes of Digital Training for Community Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Competency-based education and training for Community Health Workers: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Continuous glucose monitoring combined with artificial intelligence: redefining the pathway for prediabetes management.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Development and evaluation of a training program on non-communicable diseases to empower community health workers in rural India.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Gestational diabetes knowledge improves with interactive online training modules.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Culturally adapted training for community volunteers to improve their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding non-communicable diseases in Vietnam.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association Between Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaires: A Case-Control Study at a Health Promoting Hospital in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
- Examining the reach and exposure of a mobile phone-based training programme for frontline health workers (ASHAs) in 13 states across India.BMJ global health · 2021Review
- Interventions targeting hypertension and diabetes mellitus at community and primary healthcare level in low- and middle-income countries:a scoping review.BMC public health · 2019Article
- International Models of Care that Address the Growing Diabetes Prevalence in Developing Countries.Current diabetes reports · 2016Review
- Community Health Workers as Agents of Health Promotion: Analyzing Thailand's Village Health Volunteer Program.Journal of community health · 2015Article
- Association of knowledge, preventive counseling and personal health behaviors on physical activity and consumption of fruits or vegetables in community health workers.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Diabetes management in Thailand: a literature review of the burden, costs, and outcomes.Globalization and health · 2013Review
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
To evaluate the effects of a 4-month training program on the knowledge of CHCWs. CHCWs from 69 communities in Chiang Mai province in Thailand were assigned to the intervention group (IG, n=35) or control group (CG, n=34). All CHCWs were assessed for knowledge at baseline and at 4-months. The intervention group received a training program of 16 sessions of 2.5 h each within a 4-month period. A mix of classroom and E-learning approaches was used. All CHCWs were assessed for knowledge at baseline, 4-month, and follow-up at 8-month. Assessment was based on a pretested examination addressing understanding of nutritional terms and recommendations, knowledge of food sources related to diabetes prevention and diet-disease associations. Overall, the knowledge at baseline of both groups was not significantly different and all CHCWs scored lower than the 70% (mean (SD), 56.5% (6.26) for IG and 54.9% (6.98) for CG). After 4-month, CHCWs in the IG demonstrated improvement in total scores from baseline to 75.5% (6.01), P< .001 and relative to the CG 57.4% (5.59), P< .001. The follow up phase at 8-month, IG were higher in total scores than CG (71.3% (7.36) and 62.4% (6.81), P< .001). The diabetes prevention education program was effective in improving CHCWs' health knowledge relevant to diabetes prevention. The innovative learning model has potential to expand chronic disease prevention training of CHCWs to other parts of Thailand.
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