Lifestyle and Values Impacting Diabetes Awareness (LA VIDA), a community-based diabetes intervention program targeting Hispanics in southwestern New Mexico, addresses social determinants of health by utilizing promotores and collaborating with community partners and health care providers. Using a mixed-methods approach, a program evaluation documented the promotores’ crucial role in providing social support, contributing to social cohesion, and accessing health care, community resources, and LA VIDA’s educational and healthy lifestyle activities. Findings suggest that patients with diabetes who participated in the LA VIDA program significantly increased the number of days they checked their feet and took their diabetes medications and significantly lowered their glycated hemoglobin levels.
A community integration approach to social determinants of health in New Mexico.
March 1, 2011
BY: McCloskey J, Tollestrup K, Sanders M. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Fam Community Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;34 Suppl 1:S79-91.
Abstract Topics: Social Determinants of HealthTagged With: Community, Diabetes, Hispanics, Social Determinants of Health
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