Topic Areas
Chronic disease
Priority Population
Immigrant populations, Racial/ethnic minorities
Setting
Healthcare
DREAM Atlanta (Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeast United States) was an evidence-based CHW intervention designed to improve blood pressure control among South Asian adults with diabetes and co-morbid hypertension in Atlanta, GA. The aims of DREAM Atlanta included to: 1) build an infrastructure to support training and mentoring of CHWs in Atlanta in the delivery of the DREAM program; 2) test the effectiveness of a blood pressure (BP) control and diabetes management program compared to usual care for South Asians; and 3) assess the reach, appropriateness, fidelity, adoption, and maintenance of the intervention. South Asian individuals were recruited from three clinical sites as well as through community-based referrals. Individuals were randomized to a treatment group or a wait-listed control group. The control group received one intervention session, while the treatment group received five intervention sessions as well as goal setting and additional follow-up from CHWs.
Topic Areas
Chronic disease
Priority Population
Immigrant populations, Racial/ethnic minorities
Setting
Healthcare
Years
2019-2022
Principal Investigator or Program Director
Megha Shah, Nadia S. Islam
DREAM Atlanta (Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeast United States) was an evidence-based CHW intervention designed to improve blood pressure control among South Asian adults with diabetes and co-morbid hypertension in Atlanta, GA. The aims of DREAM Atlanta included to: 1) build an infrastructure to support training and mentoring of CHWs in Atlanta in the delivery of the DREAM program; 2) test the effectiveness of a blood pressure (BP) control and diabetes management program compared to usual care for South Asians; and 3) assess the reach, appropriateness, fidelity, adoption, and maintenance of the intervention. South Asian individuals were recruited from three clinical sites as well as through community-based referrals. Individuals were randomized to a treatment group or a wait-listed control group. The control group received one intervention session, while the treatment group received five intervention sessions as well as goal setting and additional follow-up from CHWs.
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