A family dyad-focused diabetes self-management for African American adults with type 2 diabetes is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that aims to test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a family-dyad focused intervention on glycemic control (hemoglobin A1c) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in African American adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Eligible participants and their family members will be randomly assigned to either the intervention and control group. Patient-family-member dyads in the intervention arm will virtually receive 1) 10 session over 12 weeks of family dyad-focused, group sessions on diabetes self-management and family support; 2) family dyad-focused support component in each group session; and 3) individual family feedback telephone sessions. All participants will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention and six months after intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

Individual with type 2 diabetes:

• Self-identification as African American;
• 40 years or older
• Type 2 diabetes diagnosis for at least six months;
• A1c > 7.0% at time of enrollment;
• Being able to speak and read English;
• Being able to walk;
• Having an adult family member/close friend willing to co-participate in the study.

Family members:

• Adults (18 years or older, with or without T2D);
• Residing in the same household as the T2D participants;
• Being a spouse, adult child or sibling; or close friend
• Being able to walk;
• Being able to speak and read English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individual with T2D and family members:

• Being pregnant or have an advanced or terminal condition;
• Being cognitively impaired or unable to provide informed consent;
• Lack conclusive evidence of T2D for patients with T2D.

Data will be made available to the public as immediately and broadly as possible while safeguarding the privacy of participants and protecting confidential and proprietary data. All research data will be shared as requested in accordance with federal regulations, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requests from researchers will be reviewed by the project investigators, and we will provide the requesting researcher with the minimum necessary data; the shared data will not have any individual participant identifiers or specific clinic identifiers.

Data will be made available to the public as immediately and broadly as possible while safeguarding the privacy of participants and protecting confidential and proprietary data.

Requests will be reviewed by the project investigators (PI). In accordance with NIH policies and procedures regarding data use and data sharing, user registration will be required to access the les. Users must agree to the conditions of use governing access to the public release data, including restrictions against attempting to identify study participants, destruction of the data after analyses are completed, reporting responsibilities, restrictions on redistributions of the data to third parties, and proper acknowledgement of the data resource. Any presentations, abstracts, or publications must include an acknowledgement/reference of the research team.

The requesting researcher(s) will be notified that they may only use the data for the purposes for which the data were requested and only by the individuals listed in the request. The requesting researcher(s) will be responsible for notifying the PI upon completion of analysis indicating the way the data were destroyed.