New models of self-management education for minority ethnic groups: pilot randomized trial of a story-sharing intervention.

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OBJECTIVE: no model of self-management education or peer support has yet achieved widespread reach and acceptability with minority ethnic groups. We sought to refine and test a new complex intervention in diabetes education: informal story-sharing groups facilitated by bilingual health advocates. METHODS: pilot randomized trial with in-depth process evaluation in a socioeconomically deprived area. 157 people referred for diabetes education were randomized by concealed allocation to an interv...

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Authors: Greenhalgh, T; Campbell-Richards, D; Vijayaraghavan, S; Collard, A; Malik, F

• Journal: Journal of health services research and policy
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-36
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.009159
• EISSN: 1758-1060
• ISSN: 1355-8196
• Language: English
• Keywords: Pilot Projects; Minority Groups; Diabetes Mellitus; Ethnic Groups; Self Care; Female; Poverty Areas; Power (Psychology); Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Middle Aged; Qualitative Research; Self-Help Groups; Prospective Studies; Male; Follow-Up Studies; Aged; Humans; Multilingualism