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Collaborations for Health Improvement in East Harlem-Project HEED
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Peer-Led Lifestyle Education on Weight Loss for Pre-diabetes. Completed, enrolled 402 participants across 1 site.
Detailed 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.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
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.