title: Understanding barriers to and facilitators of diabetes control and prevention in the New York City Bangladeshi community: a mixed-methods approach.
abstract: We have reported results from the formative stage of a community health worker intervention designed to improve diabetes management among Bangladeshi patients in New York City. Trained community health workers conducted focus groups (n = 47) and surveys (n = 169) with Bangladeshi individuals recruited from community locations. Results indicated that participants faced numerous barriers to care, had high rates of limited English proficiency, and had low levels of knowledge about diabetes. Most participants expressed interest in participating in a community health worker intervention.
authors.affiliation: New York University (NYU) School of Medicine and NYU Center for Study of Asian American Health, New York, NY, USA. nadia.islam@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Nadia Shilpi
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Darius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: Runi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Krittika
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Gulnahar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Mamnunal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Mariano Jose
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: Chau
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trinh-Shevrin
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012944:Social Support