Michigan Men's Diabetes Project

While the effectiveness of peer-led interventions delivering diabetes-related education and support for short-term clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral improvements is well-established, older Black men in particular are less likely to participate and are at a higher risk of drop-out from these studies. This intervention aims to determine if using older Black men as peer leaders to other older Black men will improve retention rates for this population.

Participants will attend 10 hours of virtual group diabetes self-management education classes led by a certified diabetes care and education specialist through the online HIPPA compliant Zoom, Med platform.