Health and Faith (Salud y Fe): Community-Based Diabetes Pilot Intervention

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Picture good health/Imaginate una buena salud; Behavioral: Diabetes lecture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01288300

10-526-A

1K23DK087903-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Main objective: To improve diabetes outcomes among Mexican-Americans with diabetes through church-based, culturally tailored, diabetes self-management interventions linked to the local healthcare system.

Specific Aim: To pilot test a church-based, culturally tailored diabetes self-management intervention to improve diabetes outcomes among low-income Mexican-American with diabetes

H1 A church-based diabetes self-care management curriculum partnered with the local healthcare system will improve glycosylated hemoglobin.

H2 A church-based diabetes self-care management curriculum partnered with the local healthcare system will improve systolic blood pressure and low-density lipids.

H3 A church-based diabetes self-care management curriculum partnered with the local healthcare system will improve diabetes related self-efficacy, self-empowerment and self-care management.

Full description

Diabetes is a very prevalent and morbid condition affecting Latinos, especially Mexican-Americans in the United States. South Lawndale, a predominately-Mexican neighborhood of Chicago, has a disproportionately high diabetes related mortality rate in comparison to the rest of Chicago and the U.S. Many church-based interventions have shown promise improving health outcomes among minority populations; but data on church-based interventions for Latino populations is scarce. Mobilizing community resources to develop church-based, diabetes self-management interventions may lead to sustainable, culturally tailored interventions, and improve outcomes in Latinos with diabetes. Considering the growth of the Hispanic population and their disproportionate burden of chronic diseases, developing programming aimed at decreasing the health disparities in this population is crucial. Our study proposes to fill this gap.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• over the age of 18
• able to speak either English or Spanish
• self-report of diagnosis of diabetes by a doctor

Exclusion criteria

• cannot give informed consent (e.g. due to intoxication or dementia)
• do not speak English or Spanish
• younger than 18 years old.
• pregnant women
• undergoing hemodialysis or treatment for cancer
• unable to attend 3- and 6-month follow up appointments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Comprehensive diabetes self-management intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Diabetes education, self-empowerment training, exercise, patient navigator

Treatment:

Behavioral: Picture good health/Imaginate una buena salud

Control

Other group

Description:

Diabetes self-management lecture

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diabetes lecture