Women with a history of gestational diabetes (GDM) have a substantially increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In fact, 50-70% of these women will go on to develop type 2 diabetes within the 20 years following their GDM-complicated pregnancy. Perceived risk of developing type 2 diabetes among women with a history of GDM may be particularly important to altering behavior changes associated with reducing risk. Certain populations have lower perceived risk of developing type 2 diabetes, despite having a higher prevalence of the disease. Specifically, African-Americans have a lower perceived risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to whites, despite their more than doubled risk of developing the disease. Improvement in awareness of diabetes risk among African-American women at high-risk of developing type 2 diabetes, such as those with a history of GDM, could reduce future risk of this disease among this group.