Community-based Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Program

Inclusion Criteria for pre-diabetes screening:

• Adolescents ages 13-19 years of age
• English speaking

• Residents of East Harlem or members of an East Harlem Institution. Membership in an East Harlem institution includes the following:

  1. attending a school in East Harlem
  2. attending an after school or recreational activity in East Harlem
  3. receiving health care in East Harlem Proof of address or membership in an East Harlem institution will not be asked.
• At risk for diabetes (overweight/obese based on measured BMI percentile and with either a parent or grandparent with type 2 diabetes)
• No plans to relocate from New York City in the next year

Note: additional inclusion criteria for participation in workshops include diagnosis of pre-diabetes based on oral glucose tolerance test

Exclusion Criteria for pre-diabetes screening:

• <13 or >19 years of age
• Previous diagnosis of diabetes
• BMI percentile <85th percentile for age and gender based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition
• Currently pregnant
• Speaking a language other than English
• On medications that may raise or lower blood sugar
• Plans to relocate from New York City within one year of enrollment-

Note: additional exclusion criteria for participation in workshops include fingerstick glucoses outside the pre-diabetes range during oral glucose tolerance testing and any cognitive or physical impairment that would preclude comprehension of the group educational program