Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life
This study will provide evidence for the utility of using a community-engaged research approach to implement a tailored, family-oriented adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program that will have positive effects on risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality among Black families in a Southwest Georgia community.
• Family 1.a.) Black Parent/Guardian: age 18 years or older residing in the same household with child (i.e., biological or have legal guardianship for child) 1.b.) Child: age 8-15 years old
• Parent/Guardian have HbA1c level 5.7-6.4% (prediabetes)
• Parent/Guardian willing to commit to participation in a 20-month research study and have no plans to move from the area over the next 20-months
• Parent/child are ambulatory and able to participate in physical activity