Congratulations to Annatjie Faul, Pam Yankeelov, and Joe D’Ambrosio who just received word that their proposal was one of only five funded by University Health Care, which solicited proposals for projects to explore improved health care for the Medicaid and related populations. The award is for $50,000.

The goal of this project is to implement a pilot RCT in Shelby County (SC) for Latino families with no insurance affected by diabetes. The project focuses on a family focused multilevel lifestyle intervention vs. an individual level control intervention. The multilevel family intervention will address both individual/family behaviors as well as the social context in which the family functions[4]. The intervention recognizes the social determinants of health affecting disparities and the need to move beyond clinical interventions in high-risk groups in order to advance health. The individual level control intervention provides only nutritional information.