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Examining Racial Differences in Knowledge and Attitudes of Diabetes Management in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Jones, Candice N.

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2011, MEd, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Health Education.

Diabetes Mellitus was a disease that made its presence known in all races, ethnicities, ages, and genders, for it did not discriminate. African Americans were the second largest prevalence of diabetes following Alaskan Natives/Americans Indians. Through the implementation of the levels of disease prevention, African Americans were seen in the secondary or tertiary levels due to lack of access to resources located in the primary level. Thus, African Americans were at high risk for delayed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes when they were already experiencing complications of the disease.

The purpose of this study was to examine knowledge and attitude differences among African Americans and Caucasians prior to and after attending a diabetes education program considered a “best practice” in the field of diabetes. Racial differences in knowledge and attitudes were assessed specifically among newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes. Through the use of a medical chart review, a quasi-experimental design, patients (n = 100, 50 African Americans, 50 Caucasians) completed pre-tests and post-tests assessing knowledge and attitudes about diabetes before and after completion of a diabetes education program. Some significant findings included lower knowledge levels among African American patients on pre-test (p = 0.012). Patients who attended individual education sessions had significantly higher knowledge levels on their post-tests (p = 0.022). Although 63% of the patients were female (37% male), no significance was found when to sex was used as a variable in relation to knowledge and attitude scores among African Americans and Caucasians. Recommendations for further research would be to use the same pre-test, post-tests instrumentation for evaluation, however at another American Diabetes Association (ADA) recognized diabetes education program to assess these findings on a larger scale.

Manoj Sharma, MBBSPhD (Committee Chair)
Liliana Guyler, PhD (Committee Member)
Cynthia Stegeman, EdD (Committee Member)
100 p.

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  • Jones, C. N. (2011). Examining Racial Differences in Knowledge and Attitudes of Diabetes Management in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1313773398

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jones, Candice. Examining Racial Differences in Knowledge and Attitudes of Diabetes Management in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1313773398.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jones, Candice. "Examining Racial Differences in Knowledge and Attitudes of Diabetes Management in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1313773398

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)