EDUCATION "Culturally Custom" Improves Results

EDUCATION "Culturally customized" Improves Diabetes Result

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - EDUCATION ON LADIANTS "Culturally Custom" would help the ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes to better control their blood -blood level.

"There is some evidence that suggests that culturally as customary education can improve some clinical results in the short term," Healthla Dr. Yolanda Robles told Reuters, from Cardiff University in Great Breop.

However, "more research is needed to evaluate long -term effects," Robles said.

Linguistic and cultural barriers would prevent the administration of quality health education on ladiabetes from ethnic minorities and education is a vital aspect of condition treatment, oaks and rates reported in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

To evaluate the general efficacy of diabetic -cultural education in the face of "usual" attention, the explets combined the results of 11 articles published that the two approaches in minorities lived in medium and high income.

The 1,603 study participants were greater than 16 years.

Despite the limited amount of studies available for the analysis, the researchers found "clinically important improvements" in the control of blood sugar among the patients educated in their mother tongue and using culturely specific methods.

Patients who participated in measured educational interventions also show improvements in the understanding of ladiabetes and lifestyle.

These improvements, which were evident after three to six months, strengthen the concept that "health education should be provided in a way focused on the student," it is respecting respecting their religion and their social and culture values, the authors said.

However, "we still have to evaluate the long -term effects of these interventions," Robles said.

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2008

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