Abdulaziz Alsolami, Michael Vaughan
Teacher attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities in Jeddah elementary schools
PloS one
type 2 diabetes t2d chinese americans rising public health concern us health care system majority chinese americans t2d foreignborn older immigrants report limited english proficiency health literacy multiple social determinants health limit access evidencebased diabetes interventions underserved chinese immigrants social mediabased diabetes intervention may feasible reach community purpose chinese american research education care study examine potential efficacy social mediabased intervention glycemic control chinese americans t2d additionally study aimed explore potential effects intervention psychosocial behavioral factors involved successful t2d management report describe design protocol care trial care pilot randomized controlled trial rct n60 3month intervention participants randomized one two arms n30 waitlist control care intervention week care intervention participants received two culturally linguistically tailored diabetes selfmanagement videos total 12 weeks video links delivered participants via wechat free popular social media app among chinese immigrants addition care intervention participants received biweekly phone calls studys community health workers set goals related t2d selfmanagement work addressing goalachievement barriers hemoglobin a1c hba1c selfefficacy diabetes selfmanagement behaviors dietary intake physical activity measured baseline 3 months 6 months piecewise linear mixedeffects modeling performed examine intergroup differences hba1c psychosocial behavioral outcomes pilot rct study approved institutional review board nyu grossman school medicine march 2021 first participant enrolled march 2021 recruitment goal n60 met march 2022 data collection expected conclude november 2022 data analysis study results ready reporting december 2023 findings pilot rct guide team planning future largescale study study serve important first step exploring scalable interventions increase access evidencebased diabetes interventions among underserved lowincome immigrant populations significant implications chronic care highrisk immigrant groups lowincome hispanic immigrants also bear high t2d burden face similar barriers accessing diabetes programs report frequent social media use eg whatsapp clinicaltrialsgov nct03557697 httpsclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct03557697 derr110219642554