Protocol for the CHORD project (community health outreach to reduce diabetes): a cluster-randomized community health worker trial to prevent diabetes

Protocol for the CHORD project (community health outreach to reduce diabetes): a cluster-randomized community health worker trial to prevent diabetes

Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 9.4% of US adults and children, while another 33.9% of Americans are at risk of DM. Health care institutions face many barriers to systematically delivering the preventive care needed to decrease DM incidence. Community health workers (CHWs)...

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Main Authors: Nadia Islam, Thomas Gepts, Isaac Lief, Radhika Gore, Natalie Levy, Michael Tanner, Yixin Fang, Scott E. Sherman, Mark D. Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Community health workers (CHWs)
Prediabetes
Diabetes
Primary care
CHW integration
Chronic disease prevention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5419-4

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