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Diabetes Interventions among Latino and Hispanic Populations

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to explore diabetes interventions aimed to improve disease management in Hispanic and Latino populations. There is a need to improve diabtese self-management in diseased populations.
Session Objectives: Describe key components of culturally appropriate and successful diabetes management and prevention programs.

8:30am
Cost-effectiveness of a community-based, diabetes prevention program targeting a low SES Mexico-origin population
Kimberly Wilson, MPIA, H. Shelton Brown, PhD and Elena Bastida, PhD
8:50am
Social factors and barriers to self-care adherence in hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes
Carol Mansyur, PhD, Luis Rustveld, PhD, RD, LD, Susan G. Nash, PhD and Maria Jibaja-Weiss, EdD
9:10am
Salsa, sabor y salud: Reducing diabetes risk in Latino families in memphis and shelby county
Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, George Relyea, MS, Marla B. Royne, PhD, Cynthia Puljic, Robin Rutherford, BS and Chee Lam, MPH
9:30am
Effect of a bilingual diabetes education interactive telenovela on glycemic control among hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized clinical trial
Luis Rustveld, PhD, RD, LD, Susan Nash, PhD, Carol Mansyur, PhD and Maria Jibaja-Weiss, EdD

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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