Families Defeating Diabetes (FDD): Canadian Intervention for family-centered diabetes prevention following gestational diabetes (GDM) (LT10-334)

• Location :

  London, Calgary and Victoria (Canada)

  Topic :

  High-risk populations Women's Health

  Duration :

  July 1, 2011 - March 31, 2015

  Main Institution :

  Stacey Larizza, Lawson Research Institute, London, Ontario (Canada)

  Other institution :

  The University of Calgary, The University of Victoria (Canada)

  Principal investigator :

  R.McManus

  Other investigator :

  L.Donovan; D.Miller

  Amount allocated :

  USD 385, 979

  Objectives :

  No evidence-based, evaluated, population-appropriate resources exist to translate Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) primary prevention messages to Canadians. Significant barriers to such large-scale interventions include - the need to identify, then target specific at-risk populations - significant time-delays before any program effects on T2DM incidence may manifest. However, women with gestational diabetes (GDM) are a readily identifiable study cohort at significant risk for recurrent GDM and T2DM—hence GDM women provide important opportunities for rigorous, timely diabetes prevention intervention studies. We propose FDD (Families Defeating Diabetes), a Canadian diabetes prevention intervention uniquely targeting women with recent GDM in the context of their families.