LINK-IT: Leveraging Videos and Community Health Workers to Address Social Determinants of Health in Immigrants
The overall goal of this study is to examine the efficacy of the video-based Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) (hereafter VIDEO), or the video-based DSMES+community health worker (CHW) intervention (hereafter VIDEO+CHW), compared with a wait-list control group (hereafter CONTROL) to improve glycemic control among Chinese immigrants with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes in NYC.
• self-identify as a Chinese immigrant;
• be between 18-70 years old;
• have a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the medical record;
• have had an appointment with a physician for routine T2D care within the past 12 months;
• have a most recent HbA1c of at least 8%;
• be willing to receive brief videos regarding T2D management; and
• possess a smartphone or, if they do not have one, be willing and able to use a study smartphone.