Journal article
Developing Culturally Targeted Diabetes Educational Materials for Older Russian-Speaking Immigrants
The Diabetes educator, Vol.40(4), pp.418-426
07/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112733
PMID: 24667951
Abstract
Older adults who immigrate late in life face many challenges adapting to a new country. Immigrants bring their cultural beliefs and behaviors with them, which can influence their ability to make dietary changes required when they have type 2 diabetes. Culturally targeted patient education materials are needed to improve immigrants' health literacy and abilities to self-manage diabetes. Currently, there is a scarcity of diabetes patient education materials to meet the educational needs of the Russian-speaking immigrant group. The purpose of this article is to describe a project in which culturally targeted diabetes education materials for older Russian-speaking immigrants were designed and developed.
Culturally targeted patient education materials are essential if they are to be accepted and used by clients from different ethnic minority populations. The creation of culturally relevant materials requires a team effort and community stakeholder input. The availability of materials on the internet facilitates access and use by health care providers. Culturally targeted education materials are an important component in addressing health literacy in ethnic minority populations. Next steps require that these materials be evaluated to test their impact on diabetes self-management behaviors and clinical outcomes such as adherence, amount of physical activity, and blood glucose levels.
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- Title
- Developing Culturally Targeted Diabetes Educational Materials for Older Russian-Speaking Immigrants
- Creators
- Catherine R Van Son - College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA vansonc@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- The Diabetes educator, Vol.40(4), pp.418-426
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547937801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article