NCT01004848

Effectiveness Study of Community-Based, Peer-Led Education on Weight Loss and Diabetes

Collaborations for Health Improvement in East Harlem-Project HEED

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 402 (actual)
• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a peer-led community-based lifestyle intervention, versus usual care, in achieving weight loss and prevention of diabetes among overweight adults with pre-diabetes in East Harlem.

Detailed description

Weight loss can prevent diabetes and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in incident diabetes among overweight adults with pre-diabetes. However, proven effective interventions have not been sustained or disseminated in community settings. A community-academic partnership aims to employ community-based participatory research to conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a culturally tailored, peer-led diabetes prevention intervention that promotes weight loss. People who develop diabetes go through a period when they have "pre-diabetes". In clinical settings, overweight adults with pre-diabetes who reduce their weight by 5-10% can reduce their risk of developing diabetes by 55-60%. To date, there are no studies testing the effectiveness of peer-led, community-based programs in achieving diabetes prevention through weight loss. We will identify and enroll 400 overweight (BMI \> 25) adults with pre-diabetes in East Harlem and randomized half into a community-based, peer-led lifestyle education program that teaches simple ways to lose weight.

Conditions

• Pre-diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Peer-Led Lifestyle Education on Weight Loss	Project HEED (Help Educate to Eliminate Diabetes) is a bilingual lifestyle education program written at a 4th grade reading level, and contains simple, actionable, messages, is easily taught by lay leaders, and focuses on enhancing self-efficacy to make lifestyle changes. It consists of 8 sessions (1½ hours each) held over 10-weeks. Topics include diabetes prevention, finding and affording healthy foods, label reading, fun physical activity, planning a healthy plate, making traditional foods healthy, and portion control.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2009-10-30
• Last updated: 2014-10-23
• Results posted: 2014-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States