Culturally tailored intervention for African Americans with type 2 diabetes administered by a nurse case manager and community health worker reduces emergency room visits

Abstract

Commentary on: Gary TL, Batts-Turner M, Yeh HC, et al. The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:1788–94.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for African Americans, who suffer disproportionately from its complications. The need for culturally appropriate, tailored interventions to improve metabolic outcomes and quality of life for African Americans with T2DM has been addressed in the literature;1 ,2 our task now is to develop, test and evaluate these interventions and to disseminate them to the healthcare community. The approach used in this intervention is innovative in that it creates a team of nurse case manager (NCM), community health worker … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DArchives%2Bof%2BInternal%2BMedicine%26rft.stitle%253DArch%2BIntern%2BMed%26rft.aulast%253DGary%26rft.auinit1%253DT.%2BL.%26rft.volume%253D169%26rft.issue%253D19%26rft.spage%253D1788%26rft.epage%253D1794%26rft.atitle%253DThe%2BEffects%2Bof%2Ba%2BNurse%2BCase%2BManager%2Band%2Ba%2BCommunity%2BHealth%2BWorker%2BTeam%2Bon%2BDiabetic%2BControl%252C%2BEmergency%2BDepartment%2BVisits%252C%2Band%2BHospitalizations%2BAmong%2BUrban%2BAfrican%2BAmericans%2BWith%2BType%2B2%2BDiabetes%2BMellitus%253A%2BA%2BRandomized%2BControlled%2BTrial%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1001%252Farchinternmed.2009.338%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F19858437%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1001/archinternmed.2009.338&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=19858437&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febnurs%2F13%2F2%2F51.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000271163800011&link_type=ISI