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beliefs and explanatory models into account at the clinical encounter could aid in benefiting
patient outcomes and enrich health education and health promotion efforts.
Health Education
These recommendations are intended to provide some feedback given regarding the
experiences and beliefs about a select few CSV patients. From the interviews I conducted,
patients overwhelmingly believed the Diabetes Education Program is a positive intervention.
Patients receive six hours of education about their chronic condition they are less likely to
receive in a clinical encounter. For many interviewees, this education course was the first time
they received health information in a structured setting. The course enables patients to become
socially connected to others experiencing similar struggles, exchange information and receive
support.
This is an especially important component of the Diabetes Education Program, it allows
for patients to learn health information and form new subjective norms and create intention for
behavior change. Much like the funds of knowledge posited by V6lez-Ibinez, Susan C. Weller
and colleagues (1999) applied the Cultural Consensus Model to suggest that cultural beliefs
about diabetes created a bank of indigenous knowledge that was circulated and handed down
through family and community ties. Educational attainment appeared to be the most statistically
significant predictor of diabetes knowledge. Learning the multi-facet beliefs and practices of
sub-populations within the Latino community could be beneficial for public health efforts,
program development and increased education efficacy among practitioners and clinicians.
Benefits of this 1999 study include awareness of explanatory models and decision-
making processes in diabetic care among an immigrant Latino population. Education services,53
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Cortez, Jacqueline Nicole. Experiences of Latinos with Diabetes in the Central San Joaquin Valley, thesis, May 2018; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157605/m1/60/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .