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Health Literacy Changes In A Technology-Enhanced Diabetes Prevention Program, Cody Goessl
Health Literacy Changes In A Technology-Enhanced Diabetes Prevention Program, Cody Goessl
Theses & Dissertations
Background: In 2001, the Diabetes Prevention Program was published evaluating the efficacy of a pharmaceutical intervention, Metformin, and a behavioral lifestyle intervention (LI) to reduce incidence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The LI was observed to reduce the incidence of the disease by 58% relative to 31% in the medication treatment. Amongst technology based LIs, little has been done to address different health literacy populations.
Objectives: This dissertation evaluated how teach-back and teach-to-goal can influence the uptake of information obtained in each health education lesson, behaviors and its influence on engagement and weight loss.
Methods: Four hundred forty-two participants …