Mobile Health App to Reduce Diabetes in Latina Women

Mobile Health App to Reduce Diabetes in Latina Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes

The proposed project sought to develop a culturally- and individually-tailored, plain-language Spanish/English mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior gestational diabetes (GDM). The intervention is based on earlier in-person to online modification of the CDC-funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), for women with prior GDM led by co-investigator Dr. Ellen Seely of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The specific aims of the study were as follows:

Primary Aim 1: Develop a culturally-tailored mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior GDM based on Brigham & Women's Hospital online DPP.

Primary Aim 2: Conduct a pilot trial of the intervention.

Primary Aim 3:Evaluate implementation feasibility.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Latina women
• ages 19-45
• with prior gestational diabetes by Carpenter and Coustan criteria
• within the past 5 year validated by medical record review
• own an Android or iOS smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of pre-pregnancy diabetes(type 1,2, or secondary diabetes)
• underlying disease that might interfere with participation in study (e.g.,significant gastrointestinal conditions)
• taking certain medications (e.g., glucocorticoids)
• pregnancy/undergoing infertility treatment.