Preventing diabetes among Fair Haven families: a community-based approach to quality improvement

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Aug;23(3 Suppl):247-54. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0136.

Abstract

In this paper, we describe our efforts to integrate the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Bright Bodies program into a coordinated intensive lifestyle intervention program for families living in Fair Haven, an underserved Hispanic neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut with high rates of obesity and prediabetes in adults and children.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Community Health Centers / organization & administration*
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Connecticut / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / ethnology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / prevention & control
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Family / ethnology*
  • Family / psychology
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Life Style / ethnology*
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / ethnology
  • Obesity / prevention & control
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Social Support
  • Weight Reduction Programs / organization & administration*
  • Young Adult