Publications by authors named "Cassie D Turner"
Article Synopsis
- Dyadic peer support can help patients improve their health behaviors, but matching peers based on demographic traits like race or gender might not be crucial for success.
- A study involving 177 peers and 69 supporters showed no significant link between demographic concordance and various health outcomes like weight change or diabetes-related education participation.
- Participant feedback highlighted that the ability of supporters to communicate empathy and non-judgment was more important than shared demographics, suggesting that training in effective communication should be prioritized in peer support programs.
Importance: Evidence-based weight management treatments (WMTs) are underused; strategies are needed to increase WMT use and patients' weight loss.
Objective: To evaluate the association of a primary care-based weight navigation program (WNP) with WMT use and weight loss.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study comprised a retrospective evaluation of a quality improvement program conducted from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.
Introduction: High-contact structured diabetes prevention programs are effective in lowering weight and HbA1cs, yet their intensity level can create barriers to participation. Peer support programs improve clinical outcomes among adults with Type 2 diabetes, but their effectiveness in diabetes prevention is unknown. This study examined whether a low-intensity peer support program improved outcomes more than enhanced usual care in a diverse population with prediabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychosocial factors such as self-efficacy may be important in helping high-risk adults prevent diabetes. We aimed to describe psychosocial and diabetes risk factors in adults with prediabetes and evaluate if these varied by demographic characteristics. Cross-sectional data came from baseline surveys and electronic health records (2018-2021) of adults with prediabetes enrolled in a randomized study of peer support for diabetes prevention at Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Michigan Medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We undertook a study to ascertain patient characteristics associated with enrollment and engagement in a type 2 diabetes peer health coaching program at an urban health care facility serving predominantly Black veteran men, to improve the targeting of such programs.
Methods: A total of 149 patients declined enrollment in a randomized controlled trial but provided sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial information. A total of 290 patients enrolled and were randomized to 2 peer coaching programs; they provided sociodemographic, clinical, and survey data, and were analyzed according to their level of program engagement (167 engaged, 123 did not engage) irrespective of randomization group.