Promoting Intergenerational Health in Rural Kentuckians With Diabetes (PIHRK'D): Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is steadily increasing and has exceeded 20% in some rural Kentucky counties. In Kentucky, chronic diet-sensitive conditions and unhealthy behaviors are among the highest in the nation, with approximately 36.5% of adults with obesity and 13.3% diagnosed with T2DM, while only 15.3% meet physical activity recommendations, and 4.7% meet fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations. Family-based interventions can be used to promote health in rural communities that often comprise intergenerational households.

Objective

The purpose of the study is to determine whether leveraging family units as sources of social support promotes nutritional and physical activity changes among those who are overweight or have obesity an

SUBMITTER: Smalls BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12332449 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature