Diabetes education should provide the teaching and learning of a body of information, as well as motivation, and behavioral skills, with the ultimate goal being behavioral changes necessary for optimal health outcomes, psychological adaptation, and quality of life. Given that a theory-centered approach is relatively rare in nutrition education and diabetes interventions, a theoretically driven diabetes self-care intervention will be implemented and tested against an information-only intervention and a no intervention control group. Based on Fisher and Fisher's (1992) Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model (IMB), a brief diabetes self-care intervention will be implemented in the context of a single 90-minute face-to-face counseling session. Baseline measures and indices will be collected 1 month pre-intervention, as well as 3 and 7 months post intervention (i.e., 4 months between follow-ups). Using a randomized pre-test-post-test control group design, and subsequent tests for mediating variables, analyses will be performed to identify whether an IMB intervention provides the optimal combination of brief intervention elements for improving diabetes self-care behaviors relative to the information-only and no intervention control groups. ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
5F31DK067022-02
Application #
6896167
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-SSS-C (29))
Program Officer
Agodoa, Lawrence Y
Project Start
2004-06-01
Project End
2006-05-31
Budget Start
2005-06-01
Budget End
2006-05-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2005
Total Cost
$38,970
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Connecticut
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
614209054
City
Storrs-Mansfield
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06269
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