Community Health Workers in Diabetes Care in American Samoa

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

268

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2011

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Community Health Worker home visits

Community health workers will educate diabetes patients and families about need for regular medical care, taking medications, increasing exercise patterns, improving diet, keeping medical referral exams for specialty.

Trial Locations (1)

96799

Tafuna Family Health Center, Pago Pago

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Brown University

OTHER

collaborator

The Miriam Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Tafuna Family Health Center

UNKNOWN

lead

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH