Key Takeaways

  • Engage your community in a group-based culturally tailored diabetes self-management program.

¡Sí, Yo Puedo!  is a culturally tailored 4-week diabetes self-management education program. Classes are conducted weekly and are approximately two hours in length. Each lesson module is made up of several educational activities to reinforce diabetes self-care behaviors. ¡Sí, Yo Puedo! utilizes the social cognitive theory and the self-regulation model as its theoretical foundation to promote behavior change.

  • Target audience: Tailored for Spanish-speaking, lower-literate Hispanic/Latinos adult over the age of 18 with self-reported diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D).  Program also appropriate for bilingual speaking Hispanic/Latinos.
  • Health outcomes:
    • Improved diabetes self-care skills
    • Enhanced diabetes self-efficacy
    • Increased diabetes-related knowledge
  • Delivered by: 1 facilitator, who can include trained health professionals, County Extension Agents (CEA), Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE), and/or Certified Community Health Workers (CHW)
  • Program type: Group
  • Format: In-person in community and remote.

Note:  It is permissable to use a combination of remote (i.e.videoconference) and in-person implementation in the same session or during a class series. For example: 10 participants join by Zoom and 10 participants attend in a senior center and receive instruction at the same time.

  • Length: 4 sessions (face-to-face or online/virtual)
  • Training: Remote or in-person
  • Professional required: No
  • Accessibility adaptations available: No
  • Cultural adaptations available: Yes, this program was developed specifically for Spanish-speaking, Hispanic/Latinos adults.
  • Available in languages other than English: Spanish
  • Data collection requirements: Optional to submit program data to the program administrator
  • Topic(s):
    • Behavioral Health
    • Chronic Disease
    • Medication Management
    • Nutrition
    • Physical Activity

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