Latinos Living Well—A Diabetes Education Program for Rural-Residing Latinos
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Diabetes is a health issue for many Latinos. Extension can help provide diabetes self-management education for rural-residing Latinos. In a pilot study, we evaluated the Extension-delivered diabetes program Latinos Living Well (LLW), as provided to 76 rural-residing Latino adults in a midwestern state. LLW consists of four weekly lessons that include hands-on activities and cooking practicums. Participants completed diabetes self-management, self-efficacy, and knowledge questionnaires; significant (p ≤ .05) changes from before to after the program were detected for each outcome measure. Additionally, participants viewed LLW favorably. Results suggest that LLW is an effective, culturally relevant diabetes self-management education program for Latinos and is appropriate for Extension delivery
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This article is published as Keane, M.N., Francis, S.L., Latinos Living Well- A diabetes education program for rural-residing Latinos. Journal of Extension., 2018, 56(4);#4RIB1. Posted with permission.