The Impact of Promotoras on Social Support and Glycemic Control Among Members of a Farmworker Community on the US-Mexico Border

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Maia Ingram · University of Arizona

Emma Torres

Flor Redondo

Gail Bradford · University of Arizona

Chin Wang · Sunset Laboratory (United States)

Mary L. OʼToole · Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Abstract

These findings document improvement in both clinical and social health indicators for Mexican Americans in a farmworker community when a promotora model is used to provide and facilitate culturally relevant support for diabetes self-management practices.

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Diabetes Management and Education Diabetes Management and Research Chronic Disease Management Strategies

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Published in: The Diabetes Educator

Volume 33, Issue S6, pp. 172S-178S

DOI: 10.1177/0145721707304170

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The Impact of Promotoras on Social Support and Glycemic Control Among Members of a Farmworker Community on the US-Mexico Border

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