Leveraging videos and community health workers to address social determinants of health in immigrants (LINK-IT): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chinese immigrants face numerous social determinants of health (SDOH) challenges that limit access to evidence-based diabetes self-management education and support programs (DSMES). To address these challenges, our team developed the LINK-IT intervention. This manuscript presents the study protocol for the LINK-IT trial.

Methods

The LINK-IT trial is a 12-month, 3-arm randomized controlled trial aiming to enroll 405 Chinese immigrants with T2D (HbA1c≥7%) from multiple community and clinical settings in New York City. A total of 405 participants will be randomly allocated to one of three groups (n = 135 per group): (1) video-based DSMES plus community health worker (CHW) support (VIDEO+CHW), (2) video-based DSMES only (VIDEO), or (3) wait-list control (CONTROL). The

SUBMITTER: Hu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863526 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature