An Adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program for Use With High-Risk, Minority Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Use of an edited version of the DPP workbook in an urban, low-income, minority population with type 2 diabetesproduced a significant absolute reduction in HbA1c percentage and weight.

Self-reported Neighborhood Safety and Nonadherence to Treatment Regimens Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

“…receiving appropriate laboratory tests and examinations), and are put on clinically appropriate medication regimens during the medical visit, may not succeed in diabetes self-management in their daily life context. 36,37 Therefore, in addition to ongoing efforts to improve access and quality of care, better tailoring of diabetes self-management regimens through increased integration of the health care system with the community [38][39][40] , improved doctor-patient communication about barriers to adherence 41,42 , and greater involvement of self-management support resources such as nurse educators and health coaches 9,43 may promote improved adherence and outcomes in the face of challenging contextual influences.…”

Modifying the Diabetes Prevention Program to Adolescents in a School Setting: A Feasibility Study

“…The study focused on educational modules aimed at healthy eating, physical activity, and individual coaching support. Since that time, the DPP has been translated to several adult community-based settings with positive results [12][13][14]. The DPP modification was preferable to the HEALHTY study procedures, as it could be readily incorporated into the existing school curriculum.…”

Translational Behavioral Medicine: a pathway to better health

“…Accordingly, rather than scale and train the professional personnel needed to intensively treat health risk behaviors, usual policy has been to try to save money by reducing the treatment dose by 50% or by having paraprofessionals rather than professionals deliver treatment (cf., [20,21]). Although either is a reasonable strategy to try, we need also to continue to question why behavioral treatments are expected to turn such a rapid profit or else be chopped in half.…”