A Culturally Adapted Diabetes Prevention Intervention in the New York City Sikh Asian Indian Community Leads to Improvements in Health Behaviors and Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Sikh Asian Indians are an underserved, minority group demonstrating high rates of diabetes. Community health workers (CHWs) are effective in addressing health disparities by reaching socially and linguistically isolated populations. There are no culturally-adapted programs for diabetes prevention among Sikh Asian Indians, thus, this study tests the efficacy of a culturally-tailored CHW intervention to improve diabetes prevention-related outcomes among Sikh Asian Indians at-risk for diabetes. A quasi-experimental two-arm intervention among Sikh Asian Indian adults at-risk for diabetes and living in New York City (n=160) was conducted in 2013-2014. The treatment group received six monthly CHW group education sessions and ten follow-up phone calls; the control group received the first session

SUBMITTER: Lim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894424 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature