The Partnership to Improve Diabetes Education Trial: a Cluster Randomized Trial Addressing Health Communication in Diabetes Care.

Background: Effective type 2 diabetes care remains a challenge for patients including those receiving primary care in safety net settings.

Objective: The Partnership to Improve Diabetes Education (PRIDE) trial team and leaders from a regional department of health evaluated approaches to improve care for vulnerable patients.

Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial.

Perceptions of Provider Communication Among Vulnerable Patients With Diabetes: Influences of Medical Mistrust and Health Literacy.

Patient-provider communication is modifiable and is linked to diabetes outcomes. The association of communication quality with medical mistrust is unknown. We examined these factors within the context of a low-literacy/numeracy-focused intervention to improve diabetes care, using baseline data from diverse patients enrolled in a randomized trial of a health communication intervention.

Health communication, self-care, and treatment satisfaction among low-income diabetes patients in a public health setting.

Objective: Diabetes patients with limited resources often experience suboptimal care. Less is known about the role of effective health communication (HC) in caring for low income diabetes patients.

Methods: Ten health department clinics in TN participated in a trial evaluating a literacy-sensitive communication intervention.