Stanford Self-Management Programs in Spanish
In the past 20 years or so, the Stanford Patient Education Research Center (formerly the Stanford Arthritis Center Education Office) has developed, tested, and evaluated self-management programs for people with chronic health problems. Our first program was the Arthritis Self-Managment Course (also known as the Arthritis Self-Help Workshop), which became the prototype for all our self-managment programs. All of our programs are designed to help people gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms and how their health problems affect their lives.Our small-group workshops are generally 6 weeks long, meeting once a week for about 2 hours, which are led by a pair of lay leaders with health problems of their own. The meetings are highly interactive, focusing on building skills, sharing experiences and support.
Once we develop a program, we evaluate its effectiveness through a randomized, controlled trial, which is 2-4 years in length. It is ONLY after a program has been shown to be safe and effective through these trials that we release it for dissemination.
Completed Research Projects
Curso de Manejo Personal de la Artritis (Spanish)
This is the Spanish version of the Arthritis Self-Management Program. It was developed in Spanish and culturally adapted for the Latino community. The program is currently being used by some U.S. Arthritis Foundation chapters.
Tomando Control de su Salud (Spanish)
This is the Spanish version of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program that was designed in Spanish for Spanish- speakers. Though similar to the English version, it was developed to be culturally appropriate. The program is currently being used in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
The Diabetes Self-Management Program (Spanish)
The randomized, controlled research study of this program began in Fall, 2002. The program was developed and piloted in Spanish and is modeled after Tomando Control de su Salud. The study also tested the usefulness of automated telephone reinforcement in the Spanish-speaking population. We have completed enrollment and are now only collecting data.
Manejando su Salud con VIH/SIDA
We recently translated the Positive Self-Management Program for HIV/AIDS into Spanish. If you are interested in Manejando su Salud con VIH/SIDA, please contact us at or 1-800-366-2624.
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