According to a recent report, the fastest growing cases of diabetes are among Asian and Latino adults. Nationally, it is the 5th leading cause of death among AAPIs (compared to 7th among all Americans). In NE Ohio, it is estimated that nearly 3,000 AAPIs are living with diabetes. Within the AAPI community, diabetes cases are highest among Asian Indian, Filipino, Korean and Southeast Asian populations. Each of these communities have unique socio-economic, historical, cultural, and linguistic factors that attribute to their higher risk for diabetes. Presently, there is currently no specific AAPI diabetes program available in NE Ohio.

Our program uses a multi-pronged approach to eliminate health disparities in the area of Type 2 diabetes. The intervention will focus on three domains:

• Individuals: Develop a linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate six-week diabetes prevention program for the Asian community and train bi-lingual lay health workers to deliver the program. The program is community-based and non-clinical approach, emphasizing skills mastery, modeling, diabetes knowledge, and greater self-efficacy toward diabetes prevention.
• Community: Utilize a multi-prong community-based outreach and education approach to develop and distribute linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate diabetes materials and resources.
• Provider: Conduct physician education training (in-person presentations and/or learning calls/webinars), including CME credits, to enhance providers’ understanding of diabetes care management with AAPI patients.