Device Use Reimagined Through Education And Mentorship

Description

Diabetes technology, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring devices, can help improve glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), which keeps them at lower risk for diabetes complications, but many Latinx adolescents, who make up the largest marginalized ethnic group of youth with T1D in California, use these devices less often and have less optimal glucose control compared to White youth. In phase 1 of this project, we worked directly with Latinx youth, their families, and diabetes care team members in California to develop DREAM, Device use Reimagined through Education And Mentorship, a virtual peer group (VPG) intervention that will encourage and support the use of diabetes devices in Latinx adolescents with T1D. The goals for phase 2 (intervention) of this project are to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the stakeholder-informed VPG intervention, and evaluate clinical and person-centered outcomes.

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Diabetes technology, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring devices, can help improve glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), which keeps them at lower risk for diabetes complications, but many Latinx adolescents, who make up the largest marginalized ethnic group of youth with T1D in California, use these devices less often and have less optimal glucose control compared to White youth. In phase 1 of this project, we worked directly with Latinx youth, their families, and diabetes care team members in California to develop DREAM, Device use Reimagined through Education And Mentorship, a virtual peer group (VPG) intervention that will encourage and support the use of diabetes devices in Latinx adolescents with T1D. The goals for phase 2 (intervention) of this project are to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the stakeholder-informed VPG intervention, and evaluate clinical and person-centered outcomes.

Optimizing Diabetes Technology Use for Latinx Youth Through DREAM (Device Use Reimagined Through Education And Mentorship) Virtual Peer Groups [Study-wide] - DREAM Intervention

Device Use Reimagined Through Education And Mentorship

Condition
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Davis

University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States, 95616

Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adolescents 13-17 years old and their caregivers
  • * Adolescent must have T1D of any duration, and be receiving diabetes care at UCSF, CHLA or UC Davis
  • * Self-identify as Latina/o/x or other variations such as Hispanic
  • * Preferred language of English or Spanish
  • * Participants who have a medical, developmental, or psychiatric condition that would make peer group participation difficult
  • * Adolescents who are planning to transfer care to a different medical center within the next year, which would prevent assessment of longitudinal outcomes

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Jenise C Wong, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2026-05-31