BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense of Erika Fal andys Date: April 15, 2026Time: 4:00 PMZOOM: Contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link Title: The Impact of a Diabetes Education Intervention on Knowle dge in Latino and Hispanic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Community He alth Center Committee: DNP Project Chair: Dr. Natalie CorreiaSecond Facu lty Mentor: Dr. Peeranuch LeSeure Site Mentor: Dr. Kelly Burke Abstract B ackground: Diabetes remains a significant public health challenge in the U nited States, disproportionately affecting underserved populations. Indivi duals from Latino communities are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diab etes compared to non-Hispanic populations. Purpose: This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aimed to enhance patient knowledge of Type 2 diabe tes. It was hypothesized that a structured educational intervention would improve participant knowledge. Methods: The project was conducted at a com munity-based clinic in Taunton, Massachusetts, serving a predominantly His panic/Latino population. A pretest–posttest design with a convenience sa mple was used. Demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics , including frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations, to s ummarize participant characteristics. Participants completed the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire-Revised (DKQ-R) prior to a 15-minute educational s ession and immediately following the intervention. Quantitative analysis w as conducted using a two-tailed Wilcoxon signed-rank test due to the small sample size and non-normal distribution of data. Open-ended qualitative q uestions were included in the questionnaire to assess participant percepti ons of the intervention. Results: No statistically significant difference was found between pre- and post-intervention DKQ-R scores at an alpha leve l of 0.05 (V = 0.00, z = 1.84, p = 0.066). Qualitative findings indicated that participants perceived the educational intervention as valuable and i nformative; however, the thematic analysis was limited by the absence of i n-depth participant interviews. Future Implications: The absence of statis tically significant findings suggests that a single, brief educational int ervention may be insufficient to produce measurable changes in diabetes kn owledge. Future projects should include larger sample sizes, incorporate q ualitative interviews to strengthen thematic analysis, and explore strateg ies to reinforce and sustain knowledge over time. Keywords: Latino, Hispan ic, community health, patient education, Type 2 Diabetes\nEvent page: http s://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences-dnp-d efense---erika-falandys.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

College of Nursing and Health S ciences DNP Defense of Erika Falandys

Date: April 15\, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM
ZOOM: Contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link

Tit le: The Impact of a Diabetes Education Intervention on Knowledge in Latino and Hispanic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Community Health Center\n

Committee:

DNP Project Chair: Dr. Natalie Correia
Se cond Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peeranuch LeSeure
Site Mentor: Dr. Kelly B urke

Abstract

Background: Diabetes remains a significant p ublic health challenge in the United States\, disproportionately affecting underserved populations. Individuals from Latino communities are at highe r risk of developing Type 2 diabetes compared to non-Hispanic populations.

Purpose: This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aimed to e nhance patient knowledge of Type 2 diabetes. It was hypothesized that a st ructured educational intervention would improve participant knowledge.

Methods: The project was conducted at a community-based clinic in Tau nton\, Massachusetts\, serving a predominantly Hispanic/Latino population. A pretest–posttest design with a convenience sample was used. Demograph ic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics\, including frequencies \, percentages\, means\, and standard deviations\, to summarize participan t characteristics. Participants completed the Diabetes Knowledge Questionn aire-Revised (DKQ-R) prior to a 15-minute educational session and immediat ely following the intervention. Quantitative analysis was conducted using a two-tailed Wilcoxon signed-rank test due to the small sample size and no n-normal distribution of data. Open-ended qualitative questions were inclu ded in the questionnaire to assess participant perceptions of the interven tion.

Results: No statistically significant difference was found b etween pre- and post-intervention DKQ-R scores at an alpha level of 0.05 ( V = 0.00\, z = 1.84\, p = 0.066). Qualitative findings indicated that part icipants perceived the educational intervention as valuable and informativ e\; however\, the thematic analysis was limited by the absence of in-depth participant interviews.

Future Implications: The absence of stati stically significant findings suggests that a single\, brief educational i ntervention may be insufficient to produce measurable changes in diabetes knowledge. Future projects should include larger sample sizes\, incorporat e qualitative interviews to strengthen thematic analysis\, and explore str ategies to reinforce and sustain knowledge over time.

Keywords: La tino\, Hispanic\, community health\, patient education\, Type 2 Diabetes

Event page: https://www.uma ssd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences-dnp-defense---er ika-falandys.php

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