TY - JOUR
T1 - An Effective Model for Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
AU - Kousar, Rizwana
AU - Apostolopoulos, Vasso
AU - Stojanovska, Lily
AU - Mayhew, Margaret
AU - Totikidis, Vicky
AU - Skaria, Alex
AU - Lewandowaski, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SAGE Publications.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - We developed and tested a cost-effective model for health promotion capacity building among community health volunteers (CHVs) within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Twenty multilingual CHVs, from CALD communities in Melbourne, underwent 3 days of education and training to deliver face-to-face education programs in their own language. Participants were instructed how to collect anthropometric data, make qualitative observations, and conduct diabetes knowledge questionnaires, before conducting mini education sessions with three members of their own community. Knowledge about diabetes among CHVs increased. CHVs were able to collect anthropomorphic data and knowledge surveys from community participants with greater participation than from outreach programs. Evidence-based data collected by CHVs could be incorporated into health education and promotion programs run by CHVs. Here we confirm that CHVs represent an effective tool for health promotion within CALD communities and have the capacity to incorporate evidence-based collection as part of their health education.
AB - We developed and tested a cost-effective model for health promotion capacity building among community health volunteers (CHVs) within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Twenty multilingual CHVs, from CALD communities in Melbourne, underwent 3 days of education and training to deliver face-to-face education programs in their own language. Participants were instructed how to collect anthropometric data, make qualitative observations, and conduct diabetes knowledge questionnaires, before conducting mini education sessions with three members of their own community. Knowledge about diabetes among CHVs increased. CHVs were able to collect anthropomorphic data and knowledge surveys from community participants with greater participation than from outreach programs. Evidence-based data collected by CHVs could be incorporated into health education and promotion programs run by CHVs. Here we confirm that CHVs represent an effective tool for health promotion within CALD communities and have the capacity to incorporate evidence-based collection as part of their health education.
KW - CALD
KW - Diabetes
KW - community health
KW - community health volunteers
KW - health promotion
KW - multilingual
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U2 - 10.1177/1049732315578401
DO - 10.1177/1049732315578401
M3 - Article
C2 - 25800717
AN - SCOPUS:84962551133
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 26
SP - 603
EP - 612
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 5
ER -