NCT03530579

Community Health Worker Diabetes Prevention Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 954 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary goal of this study is to develop, implement, and test a community health worker (CHW) program designed to promote diabetes prevention among Korean and South Asian Americans in New York City. In particular, the specific aims of this study are: 1. To utilize community based participatory research (CBPR) methods to expand upon an existing campus-community partnership to develop and implement a CHW program among Korean and South Asian Americans that promotes diabetes prevention; 2. To develop, implement, and assess the efficacy of a CHW intervention to promote diabetes prevention and access to care among NYC Koreans and South Asians.

Conditions

• Diabetes Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Educational group trainings	Participants will receive 6 two and a half hour educational group training's over the course of 6 months. These sessions will be led by a trained CHW in your language and will be held on a monthly basis in a community based location. Session 1: What is Diabetes * Why is Prevention Important Session 2: Nutrition Session 3: Physical Activity Session 4: Cardiovascular Disease \& Diabetes Complication Session 5: Stress Management Session 6: Access to Service
BEHAVIORAL	Community Health Care Worker	A community health care worker answer your questions about diabetes and refer participant to a physician. Survey will be completed at the start of the study and during the 3rd, 6th and 12th months

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-13
• Primary completion: 2015-02-13
• Completion: 2015-02-13
• First posted: 2018-05-21
• Last updated: 2018-05-21