Masters Thesis

Pre-diabetic interventions in the central san joaquin valley at a federally qualified health center: preventing diabetes, a disabling and deadly disease

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a pre-diabetes intervention using a unique method of implementation in the medical exam rooms after medical visits at United Health Centers Parlier, a federally qualified health center in a Central Valley rural area. The intervention consisted of an initial encounter with a health educator discussing diabetes prevention and lifestyle change, and follow-ups involving motivation and goal setting. Variables analyzed were hemoglobin A1c (HgbA1c) and BMI. The Paired T-Test was used to test for significant change among the variables of pre and post intervention HgbA1c and BMI. A control group that received no health education was also included in this study for comparison.

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