Translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program to Ethnic Communities in the United States

• Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health 2016-04, Vol.18 (2), p.479-489
• Main Authors: Hall, Daniel L., Lattie, Emily G., McCalla, Judith R., Saab, Patrice G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; African Americans; American Indians; Arab Americans; At risk; Behavior; Bilingualism; Cancer; Communities; Community; Community Relations; Comparative Law; Control Groups; Death; Developed Nations; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control; Dialogs (Language); Employees; Ethnic factors; Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data; Ethnicity; Exercise; Fatty acids; Female; Goal Orientation; Hawaiians; Health Promotion; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Indigenous peoples; Individual Counseling; International & Foreign Law; Intervention; Interviews; Latin American cultural groups; Lifestyles; Male; Medical screening; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta Analysis; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups; Minority Health; Native North Americans; Noncitizens; Nutrition research; Pacific Islander people; Physical Activity Level; Physical fitness; Prevention; Prevention programs; Primary Prevention - organization & administration; Private International Law; Problem solving; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Resistance (Psychology); REVIEW PAPER; Reviews; Sociology; Success; Systematic review; Translation; Translation studies; Translational Medical Research - organization & administration; Translations; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; United States; Womens health
• ISSN: 1557-1912; 1557-1920
• DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0209-x

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), an evidenced-based lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes (T2D), has been translated for use with ethnic minority communities throughout the United States that are disproportionately at-risk for T2D. The present paper sought to critically review ethnic translation studies of the DPP with respect to translation methods utilized, the success of these methods, and alternative or supplemental methodologies for future translation efforts. Manuscripts reviewed were found by searching PubMed and PsycINFO, using the terms: “diabetes prevention program” AND [“translation” or “ethnic”]. Of 89 papers found, only 6 described ethnic translations of the DPP in the United States, and were included in this review. Translations of the DPP to African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Arab American, and American Indian and Native Alaskan communities were identified and reviewed. The most common translation strategies included group-based delivery and use of bilingual study personnel. Generally, these factors appeared to increase acceptability of the intervention within the ethnic communities reviewed, and should be considered in future efforts to implement and translate the DPP to ethnic communities in the United States.