Date of Award

Spring 5-9-2025

Document Type

Restricted Access Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Michelle K Ullery, DNP, APRN, CNP

Abstract

Mexican women are at a high risk for developing type two diabetes and suffer from higher rates of disability associated with complications of type two diabetes. Risk factors for this community include dietary choices, low health literacy, and lack of primary care. Several studies show that culturally based preventative type two diabetes education provides the support system and culturally unique type two diabetes prevention education for patients who identify as Hispanic or Latino to be successful in preventing chronic disease. Madeleine Leininger, the mother of Culture Care theory, was the theoretical guide for this scholarly project. The objectives of this scholarly project were to develop a culturally appropriate type two diabetes prevention intervention, recruit adult women who identify as Mexican or Mexican American to participate in the intervention, implement the culturally appropriate type two diabetes prevention education within the Mexican community, and evaluate participants knowledge of type two diabetes before and after participating in the culturally appropriate type two diabetes intervention. A community-based approach was used to deliver culturally appropriate type two diabetes education to increase knowledge in type two diabetes in Mexican women. This scholarly project found that Mexican women in a suburb of a metropolitan area improved their knowledge about type two diabetes through a culturally appropriate type two diabetes prevention education program. Providers have the ability to change the current education in place to prevent type 2 diabetes to help decrease the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Mexican community through a culturally appropriate approach. Community-based type two diabetes shows the potential to decrease the incidence of type two diabetes in the Mexican women community.

Keywords: type 2 diabetes, community-based education, Mexican culture, women AND type 2 diabetes.

Identifier

SC 11.DNP.2025.Mendoza.C.E.R.

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