1. Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program for Diabetes Control Among Community Health Centers in Rural Idaho and Oregon.
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Gordon, Barbara, Ridinger, Sarah, Krick, Rae, Grosvenor, Lindsay, and Charron, Renee
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THERAPEUTICS , *HYPERTENSION , *GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin , *VEGETABLES , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *CLINICAL trials , *HEALTH services accessibility , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *RURAL conditions , *COMMUNITY health services , *TYPE 2 diabetes , *HUMAN services programs , *COMPARATIVE studies , *T-test (Statistics) , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *FRUIT , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *DATA analysis software , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *STATISTICAL sampling - Abstract
A Fruit and Vegetable Prescription program (12–16 weeks, 2018–2020) was implemented at community health centers serving rural communities in the northwestern United States. The impact of the program on type 2 diabetes control was evaluated. Reductions in mean hemoglobin A1C were statistically significant (P <.01). The percentage of participants with critically high blood glucose levels (A1C > 9%) decreased from 76% (114/151) to 41% (62/151; P <.01). The findings mirror those of similar programs. The sustainability of these beneficial interventions, however, relies on improved access to preventive care. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(7):975–979.https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306853) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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