NCT03925948

Health Literacy Intervention for African Americans With Diabetes

Health Literacy Enhanced Intervention for Inner-city African Americans With Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Disparities in diagnosis and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus are most evident in African Americans (AAs) with lower socioeconomic status. Health literacy is an important predictor of adequate self-management and control of diabetes. The purpose of this pilot study was to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a health literacy-enhanced diabetes intervention -Prevention through Lifestyle intervention And Numeracy (PLAN) 4 Success-Diabetes, in inner-city, low-income AAs with uncontrolled diabetes. To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the intervention, the investigators conducted a pilot study with 24-week follow-up. The investigators that participation in the PLAN 4 Success-diabetes intervention would be associated with a reduction in glucose outcomes and improvements in psychosocial variables.

Conditions

• Uncontrolled Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	PLAN 4 Success-Diabetes	The study intervention-PLAN 4 Success-Diabetes-consisted of four 1 to 1 ½-hour weekly health literacy training and disease knowledge education sessions for four weeks (4 in-person sessions), followed by two home visits and monthly phone counseling for over 6 months (5 phone sessions). The intervention is theory-driven and builds on von Wagner's model to incorporate key elements such as health literacy, disease knowledge, and self-efficacy for better glucose outcomes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-06
• Primary completion: 2019-02-01
• Completion: 2019-02-01
• First posted: 2019-04-24
• Last updated: 2019-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States