{"id":4004,"date":"2020-12-10T17:21:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T17:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irtinc.us\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=4004"},"modified":"2020-12-27T23:43:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:43:35","slug":"mentoring-positively-impacts-young-adults-with-diabetes-at-diabetes-camps","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/avada_portfolio\/mentoring-positively-impacts-young-adults-with-diabetes-at-diabetes-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring Positively Impacts Young Adults with Diabetes at Diabetes Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young adult counselors with diabetes at diabetes camps: The
\neffect of being a peer mentor on counselors\u2019 health behavior<\/h2>\n

Manning, A. S., Pollock, M., Clements, B., Furutani, E., Brotkin, S., Mansfield, J., Kupersmidt, J., Fritz, G., & Maslow, G. (2018). Young adult counselors with diabetes at diabetes camps: The effect of being a peer mentor on counselors\u2019 health behavior.\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Youth Development<\/span><\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>13<\/span><\/i>(1-2), 250-265. <\/span>http:\/\/jyd.pitt.edu\/ojs\/jyd\/article\/view\/181301RES02<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objectives: Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with type I diabetes (T1D) often struggle with illness management. Although diabetes camps have been shown to improve blood sugar control among campers, the effect of the camp experience on counselors\u2019 diabetes self-management has never been studied. In addition to the camp environment, it was hypothesized that peer factors among counselors, such as diabetes role modeling, would positively influence diabetes self-care behaviors and that counselors would be able to select diabetes role models based on these appropriate self-management behaviors.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Methods: Counselors with T1D working at 2 summer camps were recruited to participate. Participants completed questionnaires including the Diabetes Behavior Rate Scale (DBRS) and a peer-assessment form in which participants were asked to nominate friends as diabetes role models, and to assign a role model score for each counselor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Results: <\/strong>Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c), a measure of blood sugar control, was obtained pre- and postcamp. <\/span>Thirty-three participants completed the study. The average HbA1c score decreased 0.4% (p < .01) over the 6 to 10 weeks of camp indicating improved metabolic control at camp. The number of nominations for diabetes role model was associated with diabetes self-care (r = 0.351, p = 0.027). Diabetes role model scores were not associated with diabetes self-care (r = 0.272, p = 0.074). There was no correlation between HbA1c and diabetes self-care.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusions: The findings suggest that the camp counselor role is a potential target for intervention to promote positive outcomes for AYA with T1D. Lessons learned from how AYA with diabetes support one another at camp can be applied to community-based interventions for youth with T1D or other chronic illnesses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":3493,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[203,220,207],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-4004","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-disabilities-pub","portfolio_category-mentoring-central-pub","portfolio_category-mentoring-pub"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/4004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/4004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5117,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/4004\/revisions\/5117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=4004"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=4004"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=4004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}