Research & Practice
Development and Production of “How Foods Affect Blood Sugar: A Guide for Iraqi and Syrian Patients with Diabetes” for EthnoMed
Prior to changes in the current political climate, the Iraqi and Syrian refugee population in Seattle/King County was expected to increase. Iraqis and Syrians are at higher risk of diabetes due to food behaviors and status as refugees/immigrants. Culturally tailored diabetes education is associated with better outcomes for patients from ethnic minorities; however, few resources exist that are tailored to the Iraqi and Syrian community.
“How Foods Affect Blood Sugar: A Guide for Iraqi and Syrian Patients with Diabetes” is a culturally tailored patient education tool for pre-diabetic and diabetic Iraqi and Syrian individuals. This tool was created by EthnoMed, Harborview Medical Center’s (HMC) ethnic medicine website, which focuses on cross-cultural health care topics. The video slide show features Iraqi and Syrian foods, modified to fit cultural and religious needs of Iraqi and Syrian individuals at risk for or with type 2 diabetes living in the United States. This presentation is intended for use by clinicians during discussion with patients about how foods affect blood sugar. This tool will be publicly available on the EthnoMed website and linked on HMC’s intranet for providers and staff. The presentation will be produced in two different formats: 1) a video slide show narrated in Arabic with English and Arabic text displayed on the slides; 2) a PDF of the slides.
Materials Available
Project Type(s): MPH Practicum, PH Concentration Poster
Author(s): Toi Sennhauser
Program(s): Master of Public Health, RDN Training
Year: 2017
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