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Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2014

Mexican American trial of community health workers: a randomized controlled trial of a community health worker intervention for Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Steven K Rothschild, Molly A Martin, Susan M Swider, Carmen M Tumialán Lynas, Imke Janssen, Elizabeth F Avery, Lynda H Powell

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Trial report in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Multilevel and Multidomain Interventions on Glycemic Control in U.S. Hispanic Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  8. Systematic Review of Physical Activity Interventions in Hispanic Adults.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven K RothschildSteven K. Rothschild, Molly A. Martin, Imke Janssen, Elizabeth F. Avery, and Lynda H. Powell are with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and Susan M. Swider is with the Department of Community Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Carmen M. Tumialán Lynas, is a clinical psychologist in independent practice in Oak Brook, IL.
Molly A Martin
Susan M Swider
Carmen M Tumialán Lynas
Imke Janssen
Elizabeth F Avery
Lynda H Powell
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Mexican-American Trial of Community Health Workers-MATCHR01DK061289 · NIDDK · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROTHSCHILD, STEVEN K. · 2004 to 2008
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK061289NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK061289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe assessed whether community health workers (CHWs) could improve glycemic control among Mexican Americans with diabetes.

methodsWe recruited 144 Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes between January 2006 and September 2008 into the single-blinded, randomized controlled Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers (MATCH) and followed them for 2 years. Participants were assigned to either a CHW intervention, delivering self-management training through 36 home visits over 2 years, or a bilingual control newsletter delivering the same information on the same schedule.

resultsIntervention participants showed significantly lower hemoglobin A1c levels than control participants at both year 1 Δ = -0.55; P = .021) and year 2 (Δ = -0.69; P = .005). We observed no effect on blood pressure control, glucose self-monitoring, or adherence to medications or diet. Intervention participants increased physical activity from a mean of 1.63 days per week at baseline to 2.64 days per week after 2 years.

conclusionsA self-management intervention delivered by CHWs resulted in sustained improvements in glycemic control over 2 years among Mexican Americans with diabetes. MATCH adds to the growing body of evidence supporting the use of CHWs to reduce diabetes-related health disparities.

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Community Health WorkersMexican AmericansBlood PressureCommunity Health ServicesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ComplianceSelf CareSingle-Blind MethodGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, human

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PMID23947316
PMCPMC4103223
OpenAlexW2123564416

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