Evaluating Home-Based Health Coaching from Community Health Representatives for Navajo Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Year: 2020
Type: report
Abstract: What was the research about?Type 2 diabetes causes a person's blood sugar level to rise higher than normal.Good health care can prevent diabetes from damaging organs such as the kidneys and heart.But many adults living on the Navajo reservation can't get the care they need.Since 2010, the Indian Health Service and the Navajo Nation Department of Health have run an at-home diabetes education program for the Navajo Nation.Community health representatives, or CHRs, carry out the program and are part of the clinic healthcare team.They are from the Navajo community and speak the Navajo language.Doctors and CHRs invite adults with high risks related to diabetes to take part in the program.CHRs visit those in the program at home once or twice a month for up to one year.During home visits, CHRs check health, share information, and give support.People choose topics they want to learn about and decide on healthy changes they want to make.The CHRs leave notes in health records to let doctors at the clinics know about people's needs. How can people use the results?Clinics could use these results when planning how best to provide care for people with diabetes.
Authors: Sonya Shin, Katrina Nelson, Letizia Trevisi, Endel John Orav, Calvin Franz, Sidney Atwood, Cameron Curley, Olivia Muskett, Caroline King, Christian Brown, Judy Singer, Tina Kahn, Alfred Kahn, Bobby Talk, William Mosbarger, clarina Clark, Delphina Smith, Shine Salt, Casey Smith, Lenora Shirley, Mae-Gilene Begay
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3003408343