Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life (FIGHT for Life)

February 24, 2026 updated by: Rakale Collins Quarells, Morehouse School of Medicine
This study will provide evidence for the utility of using a community-engaged research approach to implement a tailored, family-oriented adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program that will have positive effects on risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality among Black families in a Southwest Georgia community.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The goal of this project is to utilize a community-engaged research approach to reduce type 2 diabetes risk among Black families through the tailoring of the diabetes prevention program for families. The proposed study will be carried out by researchers and community members with expertise in community engagement, type 2 diabetes prevention, and family interventions/programming. We hypothesize that implementing the Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life study (FIGHT for Life), a region specific adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for high-risk adults paired with a DPP-adapted curriculum for their children will result in improved program acceptance and compliance, thus improving health indicators associated with type 2 diabetes risk across Black families. We seek to evaluate the efficacy of the community-engaged research -adapted FIGHT for Life intervention to improve weight, an important type 2 diabetes risk factor, in Black parents with pre-diabetes (primary outcome). Our goal is that parents enrolled in the family intervention will demonstrate a 4% reduction in weight at the end of the intervention.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

  • Name: Asia K Rivers, MPH
  • Phone Number: +1 (404) 752-1610
  • Email: arivers@msm.edu

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Georgia
      • Albany, Georgia, United States, 31705
        • Recruiting
        • Morehouse School of Medicine
        • Contact:
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Family 1.a.) Black Parent/Guardian: age 18 years or older residing in the same household with child (i.e., biological or have legal guardianship for child) 1.b.) Child: age 8-15 years old
  2. Parent/Guardian have HbA1c level 5.7-6.4% (prediabetes)
  3. Parent/Guardian willing to commit to participation in a 20-month research study and have no plans to move from the area over the next 20-months
  4. Parent/child are ambulatory and able to participate in physical activity

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals with severe psychological disorders that may prevent/interfere with study participation
  2. Physical impairments that may prevent participation in moderate intensity physical activity;
  3. Previous diagnosis of diabetes
  4. History of congestive heart failure, renal failure, or recent (<12 months) cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction or stroke;
  5. Person taking medications that may affect endpoint analyses
  6. Persons with co-morbid contraindications to physical activity or dietary changes.
  7. Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life
Seven cohorts with a total of seventy families (10 families per cohort) will be enrolled in the study. Families will meet for weekly for 16 weeks and be administered child and adult specific curriculums to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. The adults will received the initial 16-week curriculum of the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program, and the children will receive an aligned DPP-adapted curriculum.
Behavioral: Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life
The 16-session weekly curriculum will have five components: 1) strategies for monitoring food intake and reducing calories; 2) identifying and controlling both personal and social cues for unhealthy eating behaviors; 3) the role of stress in unhealthy eating and relapse prevention; 4) strategies for monitoring and improving physical activity and sedentary behaviors; and 5) strategies to improve family support and cohesion. Parents and children will be divided into separate, 2-hour sessions most weeks. The sessions will be co-facilitated by trained CHWs and research staff members. As children of different ages will be participating, we will ensure enough staff are present to keep youth sessions well-coordinated in order to engage all ages. All sessions will be held in community locations convenient to the families, such as YMCAs, faith-based institutions, federally qualified health centers, etc.
Other Names:
  • FIGHT of Life

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improvement in Weight
Time Frame: 10 months
Parents enrolled in the family intervention will demonstrate a 4% reduction in weight at the end of the intervention.
10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Morehouse School of Medicine

Collaborators

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 31, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 24, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

March 2, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 2, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022805-14
  • 2U54MD007602-36 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Individual Participant Data (IPD) collected during this study will not be shared with external researchers. The decision not to share IPD is based on considerations including participant confidentiality, informed consent limitations, and institutional data protection policies. All data will be reported in aggregate form in publications and presentations to ensure that no individual participant can be identified.

Qualified researchers may contact the study sponsor or principal investigator with specific inquiries; however, access to raw individual-level data will not be provided.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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