Peer Coaching for Low-Income Patients With Diabetes in Primary Care

Peer Coaching for Low-Income Patients With Diabetes in Primary Care

Patients with diabetes who are counseled by a peer coach (another patient with diabetes) will have improved glycemic control compared with usual care patients.

Peer coaches have controlled diabetes, patient study subjects have poorly controlled diabetes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diabetes with most recent HbA1c 8 or above in past 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Dementia,
• Life expectancy less than 6 months,
• Inability to speak English or Spanish.