Abstract

This study took the diabetes prospects of Chang Bin residents as the research object to test the effectiveness of a health promotion program. Base on a quasi-experimental design, the objects received a six-month health promotion program. Information gathered and compared for the research are physiological data,lifestyle, diet, and diabetes awareness through a structured questionnaire. A health promotion program is used as intervention to reveal the effects of such a program by measuring the changes of the participants by the end of the program. Data gained at the beginning of the program is used as the base to compare with those data at the end of the program. This research reports the changes gained from the program. This research provides evidence for the effectiveness of a health promotion program.

Key words: Intervention, health promotion, diabetes mellitus (DM), aboriginal.