Feasibility Study of Family Teamwork Peer-Delivery

Feasibility Study of Family Teamwork Peer-Delivery

The purpose of this study is to 1) convene African American and Latino Community Coalitions to adapt Family Teamwork (FT) for school-age youth, and integrate FT with the Smart and Secure Children (SSC) program community-based, peer delivery format, 2) identify facilitators and barriers to parental involvement in diabetes management for African American and Latino parents of children (5-9 years) with T1D to refine, with Community Coalitions the adapted and integrated Family Teamwork- Peer Delivery (FT-P), and 3) evaluate the feasibility, satisfaction, and preliminary outcomes of the FT-P program among African American and Latino parents of school-aged children (5-9 years) withT1D.

A randomized pilot trials will be conducted with African American and Latino families to examine the feasibility, parent satisfaction, and preliminary outcomes of FT-P. Families will be stratified by race/ethnicity, age, and HbA1c strata, and randomized to FT-P plus standard diabetes care or to standard diabetes care alone after completion of baseline assessment using a random numbers table generated by a program created through Baylor College of Medicine's Institute for Clinical Training and Research data management specialists.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary caregiver of a child ages 5-10 years with type 1 diabetes as defined by the American Diabetes Association criteria
• Having a child with diabetes duration of >1 year
• Self-identified African American or Latino race/ethnicity
• Fluent in English
• Not planning to leave the geographic area during the study

Exclusion Criterion:

• Not fluent in English