Community-based Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Program
Pre-Diabetes
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Pre-Diabetes focused on measuring community-based participatory research, adolescents
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for pre-diabetes screening:
- Adolescents ages 13-19 years of age
- English speaking
Residents of East Harlem or members of an East Harlem Institution. Membership in an East Harlem institution includes the following:
- attending a school in East Harlem
- attending an after school or recreational activity in East Harlem
- receiving health care in East Harlem Proof of address or membership in an East Harlem institution will not be asked.
- At risk for diabetes (overweight/obese based on measured BMI percentile and with either a parent or grandparent with type 2 diabetes)
- No plans to relocate from New York City in the next year
Note: additional inclusion criteria for participation in workshops include diagnosis of pre-diabetes based on oral glucose tolerance test
Exclusion Criteria for pre-diabetes screening:
- <13 or >19 years of age
- Previous diagnosis of diabetes
- BMI percentile <85th percentile for age and gender based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition
- Currently pregnant
- Speaking a language other than English
- On medications that may raise or lower blood sugar
- Plans to relocate from New York City within one year of enrollment-
Note: additional exclusion criteria for participation in workshops include fingerstick glucoses outside the pre-diabetes range during oral glucose tolerance testing and any cognitive or physical impairment that would preclude comprehension of the group educational program
Sites / Locations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
TEEN HEED
Wait List Control
Adolescent pre-diabetics will receive 8-12 weekly peer-led diabetes prevention educational workshops in community sites. The in-person group workshops will be supplemented by support through mobile health technologies such as text messaging and social media.
Adolescent pre-diabetics in this group will not receive any intervention until collection of all follow up data and will then be offered the same intervention as the participants in the experimental arm.