Trial reportDiabetes & vascular disease research2017
Health effectiveness of community health workers as a diabetes self-management intervention.
Trial report in Diabetes & vascular disease research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Multilevel and Multidomain Interventions on Glycemic Control in U.S. Hispanic Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Acceptability of community health worker and peer supported interventions for ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative systematic review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2024Pooled it
- Variations in the Design and Use of Attention Control Groups in Type 2 Diabetes Randomized Controlled Trials: a Systematic Review.Current diabetes reports · 2023Pooled it
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022Guideline
- The effectiveness of peer and community health worker-led self-management support programs for improving diabetes health-related outcomes in adults in low- and-middle-income countries: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of diabetes self-management education on glycemic control in Latino adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Patient education and counseling · 2020Pooled it
- Community Health Workers Supporting Clinical Pharmacists in Diabetes Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pharmacotherapy · 2018Trial
- Training Community Health Workers for Diabetes Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review.JMIR diabetes · 2026Review
- Optimizing diabetes management interventions for Black and Hispanic adults using the multiphase optimization strategy: Protocol for a randomized mixed methods factorial trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Supermarket health advocacy, resources, and education: feasibility of a supermarket-based prediabetes and diabetes screening and education program.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Patients' Perspectives on the Acceptability and Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Chronic Kidney Disease Knowledge and Screening among Underserved Latine Adults: The CARE 2.0 Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessment of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the South Bronx on the Risk of Developing Chronic Disease as Adults.Cureus · 2023Article
- Evaluation of an online research best practices training for community health workers and promotoras.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- The Voice of Patients Really Matters: Using Patient-Reported Outcomes and Experiences Measures to Assess Effectiveness of Home-Based Integrated Care-A Scoping Review of Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors and Barriers to Clinical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic for Marshallese Adults.The science of diabetes self-management and care · 2022Article
- Community health worker insights on promoting research engagement with diverse populations.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Community health workers and promotoras' perspectives of a research best practice course: A focus group study.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Using Peer Power to Reduce Health Disparities: Implementation of a Diabetes Support Coach Program in Federally Qualified Health Centers.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2022Article
- Management of diabetes mellitus at the household level using community health strategy in Embu County, Kenya.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Rural stakeholder perceptions about cognitive screening.Aging & mental health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the health effectiveness of community health workers among three groups (intervention, attentional control and control groups) of Hispanic adults with uncontrolled (HbA1c >8%) type 2 diabetes mellitus.
methodsThis was a randomized clinical trial involving 180 English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic individuals with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus, 40-74 years of age, who received diabetes care at an outpatient, public, urban hospital. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to evaluate the effect of time and group on the primary outcome measure and secondary outcomes. Group differences in the percentage of participants achieving at least 1% reduction in HbA1c levels were assessed using chi-square tests.
resultsPatients' ages ranged from 44 to 74 years, 40% were male, 97% preferred Spanish and seven Spanish-speaking countries were identified as country of origin. Relative to the control and attentional control groups, the intervention group showed greater HbA1c reduction from baseline to 12 months and was the group with the highest percentage of participants showing 1% or more HbA1c reduction.
conclusionIntegration of community health workers improved disease control for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during the intervention phase. Peer-driven/interactive ways to sustain diabetes control need to be explored.
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