A type 2 diabetes prevention website for african americans, Caucasians, and mexican americans: formative evaluation

The majority of Americans now access the Internet, thereby expanding prospects for Web-based health-related education and intervention. However, there remains a digital divide among those with lower income and education, and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Additional concern...

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Published in:JMIR research protocols 2013-07, Vol.2 (2), p.e24-e24
Main Authors: Reininger, Belinda, Mecca, Laurel Person, Stine, Kendra M, Schultz, Kevan, Ling, Luke, Halpern, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Diabetes
Education
Exercise
Formative evaluation
Fruits
Health literacy
Hispanic Americans
Internet access
Interviews
Knowledge
Nutrition
Original Paper
Overweight
Prevention
Questionnaires
Theory of planned behavior
Usability
Websites
White people
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Summary:The majority of Americans now access the Internet, thereby expanding prospects for Web-based health-related education and intervention. However, there remains a digital divide among those with lower income and education, and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States. Additional concerns are the low eHealth literacy rate among these populations and their interest in Internet-delivered interventions with these components. Given these factors, combined with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among low socioeconomic status and Spanish-speaking Americans, strides need to be taken to reach these populations with online tools for diabetes prevention and management that are at once accessible and efficacious. Using a formative evaluation of an eHealth diabetes prevention and control website, we tested the extent to which African Americans, Caucasians, and Mexican Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes gained knowledge and intended to modify their dietary intake and physical activity subsequent to viewing the website. We also examined their general Internet use patterns related to type 2 diabetes. A mixed methods approach was undertaken. The diabetes prevention and control website provided educational and behavioral change information in English and Spanish. For this study, eligible participants (1) completed a prequantitative survey, (2) interacted with the website, (3) completed a qualitative interview, and (4) completed a postquantitative survey. After finding a significant differences in posttest diabetes knowledge scores (P
ISSN:1929-0748
1929-0748
DOI:10.2196/resprot.2573