| There has been an alarming rise of diabetes in the United States with devastating statistics for African Americans who were 1.8 times more apt to become diabetic than Caucasians. For the Indianapolis, Indiana community and the sponsoring nonprofit managed clinic area, comprised of 89% African Americans, a health fair in November 2010 revealed that 41% of participants were diabetic with HA1c values ranging from 8.0% to 9.5%. However, the "in control" values for diabetes are ≤ 7.0%. This study was a quantitative, quasi experiment to examine modes of training diabetic, low literacy, and low income African Americans in Indianapolis, Indiana and influences on active understanding, HA1c, spirituality, socialization, and mental factors using a framework of social cognitive theory. The major outcome for the research was to decrease the fourth grade education group&... |
