Handout to Promote Diabetes Education in Spanish Speaking Patients

Rincon, Javier

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Handout to Promote Diabetes Education in Spanish Speaking Patients

Rincon, Javier

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Abstract

Hispanic adults are 70 percent more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. In 2017, Hispanics were twice as likely to be hospitalized for treatment of end-stage renal disease related to diabetes, as compared to non-Hispanic whites. In 2018, Hispanics were 1.3 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes. Lack of readily accessible educational material in different languages can lead to educational deficits in non-English speaking patients.