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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Original Paper

Diabetes Self-Management Activities for Latinos Living in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities: A Snapshot of an Underserved Rural State

Authors: Daniel Sadowski, Michele Devlin, Akhtar Hussain

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

The Latino community continues to grow in the rural Midwest, and diabetes is a pertinent disease for research in this demographic. Patient self-management is an important aspect of comprehensive care for diabetes and may mitigate complications. A cross-sectional survey assessed various activities including self-monitoring of blood glucose, personal foot inspection, diet adherence, and diabetes self-management education. Less than half of the sample performed self-monitoring of blood glucose daily (40 %), adhered strictly to special diabetes diet recommendations (44 %), or attended a diabetes self-management education class (48 %). Participants advised on personal foot inspection were three times more likely to perform the self-care activity. Improvements are indicated in these self-management activities. Further research is needed to discern disparities and barriers in self-monitoring of blood glucose among this target population. An increased emphasis on enrollment in diabetes self-management classes should target foreign-born Latinos with lower levels of education.
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Metadata
Title
Diabetes Self-Management Activities for Latinos Living in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities: A Snapshot of an Underserved Rural State
Authors
Daniel Sadowski
Michele Devlin
Akhtar Hussain
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-012-9602-x

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