Method of Developing a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Intervention for American Indians.

Background: American Indians have the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes compared with any other racial or ethnic group.

Objective: Developing a culturally tailored diabetes prevention and management intervention is one way to reduce diabetes-related health disparities among American Indian populations. The purpose of this article is to describe our approach for developing a diabetes prevention and management intervention study using Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory as the framework.

Developing a culturally tailored multigenerational intervention to prevent and manage type 2 diabetes in American Indian families living in rural settings: Findings from a focus group study.

The study purpose was to understand the characteristics of interventions that would be most relevant and beneficial to address the diabetes-related needs and challenges of rural American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIAN) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their families. In an exploratory study design, we held a total of seven focus groups in Florida and rural Oklahoma. Groups included 3-13 individuals (62 total, 77% were female, mean age 55.