Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Project
Diabetes Prevention and Control Grant Program
Project Overview
Purpose: To decrease the risk for type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes and improve self-care practices, quality of care, and early detection of complications among people with diabetes.
Summary: The grant is broken down into five components:
- Strengthen self-care practices by improving access, appropriateness, and feasibility of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services for priority populations.
- Improve acceptability and quality of care for priority populations with diabetes by promoting the use of team-based care.
- Increase enrollment and retention of priority populations in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle intervention and the MDPP by improving access, appropriateness, and feasibility of the programs.
- Support the development of multi-directional e-referral systems that support electronic exchange of information between health care and CBOs.
- Improve the sustainability of Community Health Workers (CHWs) by building or strengthening a supportive infrastructure to expand their involvement in evidence-based diabetes prevention and management programs and services.
Faculty and Staff
Maria E. Fernandez, PhD (UTH-SPH) - Multiple Principal Investigator
Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA (UTH-SBMI) - Multiple Principal Investigator
William Perkison, MD, MPH, FACOEM (UTH-SPH) - Multiple Principal Investigator
Natalia Heredia, PhD, MPH (UTH-SPH) - Multiple Principal Investigator
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD (UTH-SPH) - Co-Investigator
Roshanda Chenier, Ed.D. (UTH-SPH) - Program Manager
Megan Crossan (UTH-SBMI) - Program Manager
Jammy L. Macal, MS (UTH-SPH) - Research Coordinator I
Alexa Poole (UTH-SBMI) - Quality Improvement Advisor
Diana Ruiz (UTH-SBMI) - Quality Improvement Advisor
Damita Hines (UTH-SBMI) - Support Staff Member- Program Manager
Ileska M. Valencia-Torres (UTH-SBMI) - Support Staff Member- Research Coordinator II
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by a cooperative agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC-RFA-DP-23-0020 A Strategic Approach to Advancing Health Equity for Priority Populations with or at Risk for Diabetes, 2023-2028]
Project Staff
Project personnel are listed below. Click on a name to view the individual profile.
Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coaches Help Reduce Prediabetes Rates
Lifestyle Change Programs are a key component of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which CHPPR is helping Texas clinics to implement. These programs rely on Lifestyle Coaches to help participants make and maintain the lifestyle changes that can help prevent type 2 diabetes.
Avenue 360 and CHPPR Partner to Improve Health in Underserved Communities
Avenue 360 Health and Wellness, a CHPPR partner, provides a full range of healthcare to medically underserved communities across the Houston area.
CHPPR and First Mile Care Partner to Reduce Prediabetes Rates
First Mile Care is a company dedicated to chronic disease care and prevention that works with physicians and communities throughout the U.S. to reduce prediabetes rates. The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) partners with First Mile Care to pilot a diabetes prevention program, the Sustainable Culturally Adapted Nutrition (SCAN) program, in Houston, TX.
San José Clinic Partners with CHPPR to Prevent Diabetes in Underserved Communities
San José Clinic provides a wide variety of primary and specialty healthcare services to uninsured and underserved communities in Houston. The Clinic has partnered with CHPPR to provide Diabetes Prevention Program referrals and with the UTHealth Houston Cizik School of Nursing to offer opportunities to Doctor of Nursing Practice students.
CHPPR Partners with Columbus Community Hospital to Provide a National Diabetes Prevention Program to Rural Community
CHPPR has partnered with the Columbus Community Hospital and Wellness Center, an acute care medical and surgical facility in Columbus, Texas, to establish a National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP). Columbus Community Hospital adds the NDPP lifestyle change program to an array of services they offer to their rural community through their Wellness Center.
Publications
- Perkison WB, Rodriguez SA, Velasco-Huerta F, Mathews PD, Pulicken C, Beg SS, Heredia NI, Fwelo P, White GE, Reininger BM, McWhorter JW, Chenier R, Fernandez ME. Corrigendum: Application of implementation mapping to develop strategies for integrating the National Diabetes Prevention Program into primary care clinics. Front Public Health. 2023 Nov 21;11:1330474. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1330474. Erratum for: Front Public Health. 2023 Apr 26;11:933253. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.933253. PMID: 38074761; PMCID: PMC10704148.
- Perkison WB, Fwelo P, Velasco-Huerta F, Heredia NI, Yang JJ, Beg SS, Reininger BM, Rodriguez SA, Almohamad M, Pulicken C, Garza E, White GE, Fernandez ME. Pilot Study to Assess the Effectiveness of the Sustainable Culturally Adaptive Nutrition Program (SCAN) to Improve Adherence to the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Am J Health Promot. 2024 Sep;38(7):938-941. doi: 10.1177/08901171241237522. Epub 2024 Mar 21. PMID: 38514206; PMCID: PMC11348624.