Cited by 201Diabetes Management and EducationDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsObesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Outcomes of a Latino community-based intervention for the prevention of diabetes: the Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project

Open access
Ockene, Ira S., Tellez, Trinidad L., Rosal, Milagros C., Reed, George W., Mordes, John, Merriam, Philip A., Olendzki, Barbara C., Handelman, Garry +2 more·2012·American Journal of Public Health

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We tested the effectiveness of a community-based, literacy-sensitive, and culturally tailored lifestyle intervention on weight loss and diabetes risk reduction among low-income, Spanish-speaking Latinos at increased diabetes risk. METHODS: Three hundred twelve participants from Lawrence, Massachusetts, were randomly assigned to lifestyle intervention care (IC) or usual care (UC) between 2004 and 2007. The intervention was implemented by trained Spanish-speaking individuals from the community. Each participant was followed for 1 year. RESULTS: The participants' mean age was 52 years; 59% had less than a high school education. The 1-year retention rate was 94%. Compared with the UC group, the IC group had a modest but significant weight reduction (-2.5 vs 0.63 lb; P = .04) and a clinically meaningful reduction in hemoglobin A1c (-0.10% vs -0.04%; P = .009). Likewise, insulin resistance improved significantly in the IC compared with the UC group. The IC group also had greater reductions in percentage of calories from total and saturated fat. CONCLUSIONS: We developed an inexpensive, culturally sensitive diabetes prevention program that resulted in weight loss, improved HbA1c, and improved insulin resistance in a high-risk Latino population.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.2105/ajph.2011.300357

Cites

29 of 29 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Lifestyle and behavior change interventions that are culturally adapted to the needs of specific groups are more likely to be effective.

    “lifestyle and behavior change interventions that are culturally adapted to the needs of specific groups are more likely to be effective [19-21].”

    From British South Asian Patients’ Perspectives on the Relevance and Acceptability of Mobile Health Text Messaging to Support Medication Adherence for Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Study (2020) · cites this paper as [21]

    The Methods describe a culturally tailored intervention for Latinos, and the Abstract reports modest but significant benefits compared with usual care. The paper does not compare culturally adapted interventions with otherwise similar nonadapted interventions, so it does not establish that adaptation makes interventions more likely to be effective across groups. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • The Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention project, which recruited 312 participants at high risk for T2D for a lifestyle intervention involving 3 individual and 13 group sessions over 12 months versus usual care, found a significant reduction in weight, BMI, and HbA1c in the intervention group as compared with usual care at 1 year.

    “To emphasize the importance of addressing disparities, the TT discussed key studies such as the Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention project (89), which recruited 312 participants at high risk for T2D for a lifestyle intervention involving 3 individual and 13 group sessions over 12 months versus usual care.The curriculum was adapted to address knowledge gaps and language barriers, customize dietary”

    From The CardioMetabolic Health Alliance (2015) · cites this paper as [89]

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 3

  1. [10]Ryan P. sxd1.1: Update to random allocation of treatment to blocks. Stata Tech Bull. 1999;50:36–37 [Google Scholar]
  2. [21]Devins G, Orme C. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. : Sweetland R, Test Critiques. Kansas City, MO: Test Corp of America, a subsidiary of Westport Publishers, Inc; 1985:144–160 [Google Scholar]
  3. [23]Salgado dSN, Maldonado M. Psychometric characteristics of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in adult Mexican women from rural areas. Salud Publica Mex. 1993;36:200–209 [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Ockene, I. S., Tellez, T. L., Rosal, M. C., Reed, G. W., Mordes, J., Merriam, P. A., Olendzki, B. C., Handelman, G., Nicolosi, R., & Ma, Y.
Affiliations
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Venue
American Journal of Public Health
Published
2012-02
Volume
102
Issue
2
Pages
336-342
ISSN
  • 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-0048
OpenAlex
W2114205894
Cited by
201
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 3
FWCI
10.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • University of Massachusetts
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL094575)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R18DK067549, DK 32520, R18DK065985, 5 P30 DK 32520, P30DK032520)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords
diabetes prevention, Spanish-speaking Latinos, low-income adults, weight loss, HbA1c, insulin resistance, dietary fat intake
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Community Health Services, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diet, Health Promotion, Glycated Hemoglobin, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Life Style, Massachusetts, Middle Aged, Poverty, Socioeconomic Factors, Weight Loss, Health Behavior, Exercise, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Cultural Competency

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review