Published on in Vol 21, No 10 (2019): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13674, first published .
Development and Efficacy of an Electronic, Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Counseling Tool for Improving Diabetes-Related Dietary Knowledge: Randomized Controlled Trial Among Ethnic Minority Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Development and Efficacy of an Electronic, Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Counseling Tool for Improving Diabetes-Related Dietary Knowledge: Randomized Controlled Trial Among Ethnic Minority Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Development and Efficacy of an Electronic, Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Counseling Tool for Improving Diabetes-Related Dietary Knowledge: Randomized Controlled Trial Among Ethnic Minority Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Kathleen Abu-Saad   1 , PhD ;   Havi Murad   2 , PhD ;   Rivka Barid   2, 3 , MA ;   Liraz Olmer   2 , MSc ;   Arnona Ziv   4 , MBA ;   Nuha Younis-Zeidan   5 , RD, PhD ;   Vered Kaufman-Shriqui   6 , RD, PhD ;   Michal Gillon-Keren   7 , RD, PhD ;   Shmuel Rigler   8 , MD ;   Yakir Berchenko   2, 9 , PhD ;   Ofra Kalter-Leibovici   1, 10 , MD

1 Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Ramat Gan, Israel

2 Biostatistics and Biomathematics Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Ramat Gan, Israel

3 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, Israel

4 Information and Computerization Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Ramat Gan, Israel

5 Diet and Nutrition Service Unit for the Arab population in Sharon-Shomron District, Clalit Health Services, Arara, Israel

6 Department of Nutritional Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

7 Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel

8 Sharon-Shomron District, Clalit Health Services, Hadera, Israel

9 Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

10 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Corresponding Author:

  • Kathleen Abu-Saad, PhD
  • Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
  • Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research
  • Sheba Medical Center
  • Ramat Gan, 52621
  • Israel
  • Phone: 972 526896782
  • Fax: 972 35349607
  • Email: kathleena@gertner.health.gov.il