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Effectiveness Study of Community-Based, Peer-Led Education on Weight Loss and Diabetes

NCT01004848 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 402

Last updated 2014-10-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a peer-led community-based lifestyle intervention, versus usual care, in achieving weight loss and prevention of diabetes among overweight adults with pre-diabetes in East Harlem.

Conditions

  • Pre-diabetes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer-Led Lifestyle Education on Weight Loss

Project HEED (Help Educate to Eliminate Diabetes) is a bilingual lifestyle education program written at a 4th grade reading level, and contains simple, actionable, messages, is easily taught by lay leaders, and focuses on enhancing self-efficacy to make lifestyle changes. It consists of 8 sessions (1½ hours each) held over 10-weeks. Topics include diabetes prevention, finding and affording healthy foods, label reading, fun physical activity, planning a healthy plate, making traditional foods healthy, and portion control.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • North General Hospital, New York

    collaborator OTHER

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Union Settlement Association, New York

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carol R Horowitz, MD, MPH · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

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