Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention for Hispanic Type II Diabetic Patients in Primary Care

Abstract

Background: In 2013, the age adjusted diabetes death rates for Hispanic diabetics was 26.3 per 100,000 population (US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health [OMH], 2016). OMH also indicates that Hispanics are almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with DM, type II (2016).|Methods: The convenience sample consisted of 8 Hispanic patients diagnosed with T2DM in Nebraska between November and December 2016. Pre and post intervention data was collected. The survey tool used pre and post analysis was the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) (Walker, Sechrist, & Pender, 1995).|Results: The results of the study indicate that the use of education intervention during the time of diabetic visit in the clinic had an impact, but was not proven to be significant, on health promotion activities.|Discussion: The results suggest that intervention strategies to improve patient health promotion activities may require more time than allowed during routine office visits. Results also suggest that reinforcement at subsequent visits is required to improve outcomes and health promotion activities.|Key Words: Diabetes, Hispanic, Education, Type II Diabetes