Formative research to adapt the 'Diabetes Prevention Program- Power to Prevent' for implementation in Bamako, Mali.

Background: There are few community-level behaviors change interventions for reducing diabetes and hypertension risk in Africa, despite increasing cases of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Thus, this study was designed to adapt the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Diabetes Prevention Program Power to Prevent" (DPP-P2P) for use in low-income urban communities of Bamako, Mali.

Methods: Feedback was elicited on an initial French PowerPoint adaptation of the DPP-P2P session guidelines from stakeholders at the ministry of health, organizational partners, and medical care providers.