A Culturally Adapted Diabetes Prevention Intervention in the New York City Sikh Asian Indian Community Leads to Improvements in Health Behaviors and Outcomes

• Main Authors: Sahnah Lim (Author), Laura Wyatt (Author), Harmanpreet Chauhan (Author), Jennifer M. Zanowiak (Author), Rucha Kavathe (Author), Hardayal Singh (Author), Simona Kwon (Author), Chau Trinh-Shevrin (Author), Nadia S. Islam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: New Prairie Press, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sikh Asian Indians are an underserved, minority group demonstrating high rates of diabetes. Community health workers (CHWs) are effective in addressing health disparities by reaching socially and linguistically isolated populations. There are no culturally adapted programs for diabetes prevention am...