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T1DTechCHW: Enhancing the Community Health Worker (CHW) Model to Promote Diabetes Technology Use in Young Adults From Underrepresented Minority Groups (YA-URMs) With Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating T1D-CATCH for Diabetes and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 119 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The objective of this study is to test the early effects and implementation of an enhanced community health worker (CHW) model (T1D-CATCH) that encourages and supports diabetes technology use in young adults from underrepresented minority groups (YA-URMs) with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The investigators will conduct a 9-month randomized controlled trial in which YA-URMs will be randomized to T1D-CATCH or usual care. The investigators will recruit from adult and pediatric endocrinology and primary care practices in a large safety-net health system in the Bronx, New York. Our specific aims are to 1) evaluate T1D-CATCH effects on technology initiation and continued use over 6 months and 2) evaluate T1D-CATCH implementation using Proctor's Taxonomy of Implementation Outcomes: feasibility, adoption, fidelity, and cost.
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As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a CHW is "a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of a community or who has a thorough understanding of the community being served, and leverages this unique position to link health systems, social services, and communities". CHWs engender trust with patients by having direct community and lived experience, offering specific support and empathy that may be difficult for other diabetes care professionals to provide. In addition, CHWs have firsthand understanding of cultural barriers to traditional western healthcare and can promote patient-centered culturally-relevant care. They enhance team-based care by helping providers with extra outreach, social needs management, time-consuming tasks, and aligning patient-provider priorities. CHWs in this project will provide social needs assessment and management, introduction to diabetes technologies, and support for onboarding to technology.