title: Preventing diabetes among Fair Haven families: a community-based approach to quality improvement.
abstract: In this paper, we describe our efforts to integrate the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Bright Bodies program into a coordinated intensive lifestyle intervention program for families living in Fair Haven, an underserved Hispanic neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut with high rates of obesity and prediabetes in adults and children.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, SHM IE-61, New Haven, CT 06520-8088, USA.
authors.forename: Rosette J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Chakkalakal
authors.forename: Anne W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Camp
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magenheimer
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savoye
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubsen
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Marjorie S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult