Investigating the Added Value of a Culturally Tailored Peer Support Intervention for Black Adults with Diabetes: A Randomized Mixed Methods Pilot Trial
Martha Maurer, Meng-Jung Wen, Jacob Deheck, Sierra Szymanski, Makenzie A Hansen, Annika Louise Pickard, Lorraine K Onchiri, Tegan Quinn, Tina Kansariwala, Olayinka O Shiyanbola · 2025
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Martha Maurer and co-authors pilot a culturally tailored support program for Black adults with diabetes in this 2025 paper. All participants took a standard six-week diabetes self-management course. Half also got extra sessions and phone support from peers of the same background.
Fourteen adults with uncontrolled diabetes joined the trial at a community center in a Midwestern state. After six months, the added-support group had far lower average blood sugar than the course-only group. Medication habits did not differ clearly between the groups. Interviews added themes about beliefs on medicines and the strain of living with diabetes. The authors call the result a promising signal, not proof. They argue it justifies a larger, fully powered trial of the tailored add-on.
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| CREATOR | Martha Maurer, Meng-Jung Wen, Jacob Deheck, Sierra Szymanski, Makenzie A Hansen, Annika Louise Pickard, Lorraine K Onchiri, Tegan Quinn, Tina Kansariwala, Olayinka O Shiyanbola |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |