Community health workers improve diabetes care in remote Australian Indigenous communities: results of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Community health workers improve diabetes care in remote Australian Indigenous communities: results of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial Journal Article

BMC Health Services Research

• Author(s): McDermott, Robyn A., Schmidt, Barbara, Preece, Cilla, Owens, Vickie, Taylor, Sean, Li, Ming, Esterman, Adrian
• Published: 2015
• Volume: 15
• ISBN: 1472-6963

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Abstract: Health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with diabetes in remote areas remain poor, including high rates of avoidable complications which could be reduced with better primary level care. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based health-worker led case management approach to the care of Indigenous adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in primary care services in remote northern Australia.

• Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0695-5