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SUBMITTER: do Valle Nascimento TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5237239 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
do Valle Nascimento Thais Moura Ribeiro TM Resnicow Ken K Nery Marcia M Brentani Alexandra A Kaselitz Elizabeth E Agrawal Pooja P Mand Simanjit S Heisler Michele M
BMC health services research 20170113 1
<h4>Background</h4>Rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes are escalating in low and middle-income countries such as Brazil. Scalable primary care-based interventions are needed to improve self-management and clinical outcomes of adults with diabetes. This pilot study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of training community health agents (CHAs) in Motivational Interviewing (MI)-based counseling for patients with poorly controlled diabetes in a primary ...[more]