Programs that provide information, skills, and support to help persons engage in health promotion behaviors including physical activity, healthy nutritional intake, stress management, and connecting with others to reduce risk for and/or manage chronic diseases and increase longevity.
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Using a Community-Based Collaborative Care Model as a Platform for Successful Interprofessional Education
Jannette Berkley-Patton (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA), Carole Bowe Thompson (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA), Katherine G. Ervie (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA), Miranda Huffman (Meharry Medical College, USA), and Nia R. Johnson (Saint Louis University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3066-5.ch009
Abstract
Diabetes is a growing public health epidemic in the U.S. African Americans are particularly at-risk for diabetes with rates twice as high as whites. Health professionals are recommended to encourage their at-risk patients to participate in evidence-based lifestyle change programs, such as CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and support their weight loss efforts. This chapter describes feasibility/outcomes of a community-based collaborative care model used to implement a weekly-group DPP facilitated by interprofessional teams of medical school students with three African American churches (N=72 participants; 93% overweight/obese). At 12-weeks, 30% of participants had lost at least 5 lbs.; among those attending at least nine sessions, 55% achieved at least 3% weight loss. Findings suggest interprofessional student teams can feasibly partner with churches to deliver the DPP and achieve weight-loss outcomes associated with reducing diabetes risk. Future research is needed to determine scalability/costs of using community-based collaborative care student models to address diabetes.