Improving Diabetes Medication Adherence for African Americans in Madison and Milwaukee Through Peer Support

An 8-week culturally appropriate educational behavioral intervention that consists of structured group diabetes education and follow-up peer support with PAs. There will be 3 separate group education sessions led by a physician, AA pharmacist and AA diabetes educator. All PAs will attend each group session to learn together with their PBs and build social interactions. Weeks 1 and 2 consist of 2-hour group education between the participants and diabetes educator, and participants and pharmacist, respectively. Pre-test intervention data including A1c will be collected in Week 1. In Weeks 3-7, PAs will deliver the intervention content to PBs over the phone as well as help them set a goal towards getting healthy. An existing video/text messaging app, called WhatsApp® will be offered as an option to use to further enhance PA-PB interaction.