Protocol: Implementation and evaluation of an adolescent-mediated intervention to improve glycemic control and diabetes self-management among Samoan adults.
Nicola L HawleyAnna C RivaraJoshua NaseriKitiona FaumuinaNoelle Potoa'e-SolaitaFrancine IopuMata'uitafa FaiaiEminoni NavenoSusie TaseleTemukisa LefaleRyan LantiniJenna Colavincenzo CarlsonTracy L RabinPenny SemaiaPhyllis MugadzaRochelle K RosenPublished in: PloS one (2023)
This study will explore Samoan adolescents' ability to act as agents of familial health behavior change. Intervention success would produce a scalable program with potential for replication in other family-centered ethnic minority groups across the US who are the ideal beneficiaries of innovations to reduce chronic disease risk and eliminate health disparities.
Keyphrases
- glycemic control
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- healthcare
- mental health
- young adults
- public health
- blood glucose
- quality improvement
- health information
- primary care
- cardiovascular disease
- human health
- weight loss
- physical activity
- health promotion
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- social media
- risk assessment