Guest guest Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 Our small non-profit Health Promoter program has been working for the last 3 years providing diabetes education and screening with the Latino population in our rural community in Oregon. The population is migrant and seasonal agriculture workers of primarily Mexican origin from rural areas of Mexico. We expected that blood sugar testing and evaluation would identify 10-15% of those tested to be at high risk for diabetes. However, of the approximately 2500 people tested, only 5-6% were identified as high risk. We unfortunately, do not have the resources to explore the possible reasons for this finding. Would anyone be interested or know of a university program that would like a little research project? Margie Dogotch and Sprager, NCS Program Managers Nuestra Comunidad Sana212 Fourth St. / P.O. Box 1217Hood River, Oregon 97031 USA541-386-4880 (voice)541-386-5802 (fax)ncs@... (e-mail)www.gorge.net/ncs (website) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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