Keywords

diabetes, Mexican immigrant health, promotoras, transitions, US-Mexico border

 

Authors

  1. McEwen, Marylyn Morris PhD, APRN, BC
  2. Baird, Martha MN, APRN, BC
  3. Pasvogel, Alice PhD, RN
  4. Gallegos, Gwen MS, FNP

Abstract

Multiple and complex health-illness transitions are required for successful diabetes self-management. Diabetes health-illness transitions influence the daily lives and interactions of Mexican immigrant women with diabetes. This article reports the findings from an intervention study designed to facilitate the health-illness transition in Mexican immigrant women with type 2 diabetes who reside in the Arizona-Sonora region of the US-Mexico border. There was a significant (P < 0.001) increase from preintervention to postintervention in diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-efficacy and a significant decrease (P <= 0.001) in psychosocial and health-related behavior problems.