Nurse–Community Health Worker Team Improves Diabetes Care in American Samoa

2013102 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Judith D. DePue · Brown University

Shira Dunsiger · Miriam Hospital

Andrew Seiden · Brown University

Jeffrey D. Blume · Vanderbilt University

Rochelle K. Rosen · Miriam Hospital

Michael G. Goldstein

Ofeira Nu’usolia · Community Health Center

Abstract

A culturally adapted nurse-CHW team intervention was able to significantly improve diabetes control in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa. This represents an important translation of an evidence-based model to a high-risk population and a resource-poor setting.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes Management and Education Health Policy Implementation Science Nursing Roles and Practices

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 36, Issue 7, pp. 1947-1953

DOI: 10.2337/dc12-1969

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