"One Can Learn From Other People's Experiences": Latino adults' preferences for peer-based diabetes interventions.

Purpose: To assess Latino adults' preferences for peer-based diabetes self-management interventions and the acceptability of the church setting for these interventions.

Methods: The authors partnered with 2 predominantly Mexican American churches in Chicago and conducted 6 focus groups with 37 adults who had diabetes or had a family member with diabetes. They assessed participant preferences regarding group education and telephone-based one-to-one peer diabetes self-management interventions.

Integrating diabetes self-management interventions for mexican-americans into the catholic church setting.

Churches provide an innovative and underutilized setting for diabetes self-management programs for Latinos. This study sought to formulate a conceptual framework for designing church-based programs that are tailored to the needs of the Latino community and that utilize church strengths and resources. To inform this model, we conducted six focus groups with mostly Mexican-American Catholic adults with diabetes and their family members (N = 37) and found that participants were interested in church-based diabetes programs that emphasized information sharing, skills building, and social networking.