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Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

2022

Diabetes education

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Faith-Based Approach: Reaching The Rural Population To Increase Diabetes Awareness, Regina Ledford Jan 2022

Faith-Based Approach: Reaching The Rural Population To Increase Diabetes Awareness, Regina Ledford

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With diabetes at an epidemic level in the United States, more awareness needs to be brought surrounding prediabetes and diabetes prevention. This DNP Project consists of implementing a faith-based educational informational event at a local rural church to increase diabetes awareness. Findings within this DNP project suggest that the rural population can increase knowledge of diabetes awareness through faith-based education. With a sample size of 21 participants, positive statistical significance was found on analysis of pre-test and post-test Likert style questions regarding diabetes prevention, risk factors, and diabetic resources.