作者
James A Dunbar, Abirami Jayawardena, Greg Johnson, Karen Roger, Amy Timoshanko, Vincent L Versace, Jane Shill, Benjamin Philpot, Erkki Vartiainen, Tiina Laatikainen, James D Best, Edward D Janus
发表日期
2014/4/1
期刊
Diabetes Care
卷号
37
期号
4
页码范围
934-942
出版商
American Diabetes Association
简介
OBJECTIVE
The Australian lifestyle intervention program Life! is only the second reported, large-scale diabetes prevention program. This article describes the genesis and the successful establishment of Life! and its key outcomes for participants and implementation.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Life!, a behavior-change intervention, comprises six group sessions over 8 months. The Victorian Department of Health funded Diabetes Australia–Victoria to implement the program. Experience of the Greater Green Triangle diabetes prevention implementation trial was used for intervention design, workforce development, training, and infrastructure. Clinical and anthropometric data from participants, used for program evaluation, were recorded on a central database.
RESULTS
Life! has a statewide workforce of 302 trained facilitators within 137 organizations …
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