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Helping Hispanics Manage Diabetes
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FRIDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- A new study to determine whether community health workers can help Hispanic diabetes patients better manage their disease is being conducted by Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The MATCH (Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers) includes 144 people divided into two groups. Those in the first group will receive personal attention from a community worker once every two weeks for the first year, and once a month for the second year. The worker will go to the patients' homes and educate them on diabetes self-management skills, which are essential to the daily care of diabetes. Patients in the second group will receive only a newsletter that explains the same information about diabetes self-management. Researchers will monitor patients in both groups to see how well they manage their diabetes. "Diabetes is unique because it requires daily self-management in order to remain healthy," MATCH principal investigator Dr. Steven Rothschild said in a prepared statement. "The MATCH study hopes to show that community health workers are effective educators in teaching Latinos with diabetes self-management skills to assist them in their diabetes care," Rothschild said. More information The U.S. National Diabetes Education Program has more about how to control your diabetes.
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