Evaluation of the Impact on Practice of the Prevention and Treatment ofComplications of Diabetes: A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners

摘要

This project provides information to the Division of Diabetes Translocation onthe impact of three different providers interventions related to the dissemination of the provider guide. Three urban community health centers (CHCs) served as the intervention sites. Two CHCs received a supply of the provider guide and a four-hour initial education and activation program; the second also received a supply of the patient guide. The third CHC received the provider guide without explanation. The project determined how different dissemination approaches affect the behavior of providers, and the impact on health care practice when the guides are presented to primary care practitioners as part of a specialized training seminar at CHCs.