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Training Cambodian Village Health Support Guides in Diabetes Prevention: Effects on Guides' Knowledge and Teaching Activities Over 6 Months [1]

Wagner J [2], Keuky L [3], Fraser-King L [4], Kuoch T [5], Scully M [6].

Published in International Journal of Behavioral Medicine [7],April 2016.

Type 2 diabetes is a pressing public health concern in Cambodia, a country with limited human resource capacity due to genocide. Cambodian village health support guides (Guides) promote health at the local level.

The curriculum, called Eat, Walk, Sleep was delivered to Guides in Siem Reap province once over 3 h. Participants completed a pretest and posttest on diabetes knowledge. Guides were offered continuing education through Eat, Walk, Sleep resources and were encouraged to teach Eat, Walk, Sleep in their villages. For each of 6 months following their training, Guides completed a checklist regarding their activities.

One hundred eighty-five Guides attended one of ten trainings. Knowledge scores increased significantly from pretest to posttest. During 6 months of follow-up, n = 159 Guides (85 %) completed at least one monthly checklist. Guides reported high rates of uptake and delivery of the Eat, Walk, Sleep curriculum and moderate rates of continuing education about diabetes.

Diabetes prevention in Cambodia is nascent. Guides show excellent uptake and dissemination of the curriculum. Future research should examine effect of support for Guide activities and the effect of the curriculum on villager health behaviors, and ultimately, on rates of type 2 diabetes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26438042 [8]

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[1] https://healtorture.org/resource/training-cambodian-village-health-support-guides-diabetes-prevention-effects-guides [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Wagner%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26438042 [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Keuky%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26438042 [4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Fraser-King%20L%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26438042 [5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kuoch%20T%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26438042 [6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Scully%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26438042 [7] http://link.springer.com/journal/12529 [8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26438042