ABSTRACT
Roughly 88 million adults have prediabetes and over 84% are unaware that they even have prediabetes. African-Americans have an increased risk of being diagnosed with prediabetes. Faith-based organizations have a history of serving as a primary source of social support for African-Americans. Parishioners with prediabetes from four African-American churches participated in free, evidence-based group coaching to learn how to manage and control risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes. The weekly group coaching sessions took place at a local church and they were co-facilitated by two trained professionals: a lifestyle coach and a nurse practitioner. At the conclusion of the 16-week group coaching sessions, participants had a decrease in hemoglobin A1C levels, an increase in minutes of physical activity per week, and an improvement in knowledge and behavior.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Faith-Based Organizations , Mentoring , Prediabetic State , Adult , Black or African American , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/prevention & control , Humans , Prediabetic State/therapyABSTRACT
A pilot project introduced 12 minutes of text and video materials and a reflective online interaction about elder abuse into the online component of a hybrid course in nursing assistant training leading to certification. Didactic presentations on issues of ethics and standards had been given in two different units of the face-to-face component of the course using both the course textbook and an online module keyed to state certification standards. However, student responses suggested that their online writing to each other about the new materials brought issues of elder abuse to the forefront in ways that they could finally internalize.
