Date of Award
Spring 2014
Degree Type
Professional Project - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Public Service
Department
College of Professional Studies
First Advisor
Ronald C. Benner
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the effectiveness of diabetes prevention programs. The researcher conducted interview-based research of eight professionals in the field to ask their opinions about their type 2 diabetes prevention programs and the success and failures associated with them. The participants are professionals who are involved with the design, administration, and/or the delivery of a type 2 diabetes prevention programs in a healthcare setting, a community-based setting, or a school-based setting. Common themes were analyzed after the interviews were transcribed and coded. Results of this study support other research relating to the success of community-based type 2 diabetes prevention programs and confirms the success of healthcare based and school-based programs in their own right. Information obtained from this study may serve as a validation that community-based organizations have higher efficacy and are better suited to disseminate a type 2 diabetes prevention programs on a large national scale.