The African-American Health Improvement Partnership is a Community-Based Participatory Research Project that will test the effectiveness of an integrated educational, behavioral, and psychosocial intervention to achieve a 10% reduction in mean HbA1c scores among 300 economically diverse African Americans, ages 18 and older, who have physician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes. The intervention aims to bring about this reduction primarily by effecting improvements in three hypothesized causal pathways: (a) access to medical supplies and treatment and receipt of quality medical care, (b) diabetes-specific social support from peers and community health educators, and (c) professional and peer support to move towards a healthy body weight. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) will be the primary analytic tool to evaluate the degree to which desired changes in HbA1c correspond to desired changes in variables compromising these three pathways. Findings will be translated into best practices through collaboration with community partners and widely disseminated to both the research and practice communities.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Type
Resource-Related Research Projects (R24)
Project #
5R24MD001655-06
Application #
7869438
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMD1-RN (01))
Program Officer
Goodwin, Paula
Project Start
2005-09-30
Project End
2013-02-28
Budget Start
2010-03-01
Budget End
2011-02-28
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$592,297
Indirect Cost
Name
Duke University
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
044387793
City
Durham
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27705