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Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI)

SDPI Diabetes Prevention/Healthy Heart Publications

For more than a decade, SDPI Diabetes Prevention (DP)/Healthy Heart (HH) grantees implemented programs for diabetes prevention and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. SDPI DP grantees applied a proven lifestyle change intervention designed to reduce the risk of diabetes in high risk individuals, while SDPI HH grantees used an intensive case management approach to reduce CVD risk in people with diabetes. Both programs worked to meet the needs of their communities and incorporated tradition and culture into their interventions.

Below is a list of published journal articles about these programs. Use the arrows in the header to sort by program or year. Additional publications will be added as they become available.

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Evaluating Community-Based Translational Interventions Using Historical Controls: Propensity Score vs. Disease Risk Score Approach Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Prevention Science. doi: 10.1007/s11121-019-0980-3		 Diabetes Prevention 2019
Neighborhood characteristics and lifestyle intervention outcomes: Results from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Preventive Medicine. 111: 216-224. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.201803009		 Diabetes Prevention 2018
Food Choices and Distress in Reservation-based American Indians and Alaska Natives with Type 2 Diabetes Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Public Health Nutrition. 21(13): 2367-2375. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000897		 Healthy Heart 2018
Long-term outcomes of lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Program Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Diabetes Care. 41: 1462-1470. doi: 10.2337/dc17-2685		 Diabetes Prevention 2018
Recruitment and effectiveness by cohort in a case management intervention among American Indians and Alaska Natives with diabetes Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Translational Behavioral Medicine. iby068. doi: 10.1093/tbm/iby068		 Healthy Heart 2018
Longitudinal Patterns of Stages of Change for Exercise and Lifestyle Intervention Outcomes: An Application of Latent Class Analysis with Distal Outcomes Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Prevention Science. 17(3): 398-409. doi: 10.1007/s11121-015-0599-y		 Diabetes Prevention 2016
Psychosocial Predictors of Weight Loss among American Indian and Alaska Native Participants in a Diabetes Prevention Translational Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Journal of Diabetes Research. 2016:1546939. doi: 10.1155/2016/1546939		 Diabetes Prevention 2016
Derivation and Evaluation of a Risk-Scoring Tool to Predict Participant Attrition in a Lifestyle Intervention Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Prevention Science. 17(4):461-471. doi: 10.1007/s11121-015-0628-x		 Diabetes Prevention 2016
Sleep Duration and Diabetes Risk in American Indian and Alaska Native Participants of a Lifestyle Intervention Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Sleep. 39(11):1919-1926. doi: 10.1007/s11121-015-0628-x		 Diabetes Prevention 2016
Assessing the Everyday Discrimination Scale Among American Indians and Alaska Natives Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Psychological Assessment. 28(1): 51-58. doi: 10.1037/a0039337		 Healthy Heart 2015
Serious Psychological Distress and Diabetes Management among American Indians and Alaska Natives Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Ethnicity & Disease. 25(2):145-151		 Healthy Heart 2015
Socioeconomic Disparities in Weight and Behavioral Outcomes Among American Indian and Alaska Native Participants of a Translational Lifestyle Intervention Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Diabetes Care. 38(11):2090-2099. doi: 10.2337/dc15-0394.		 Diabetes Prevention 2015
Changes in Food Choices of Participants in the Special Diabetes Program for Indians–Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project, 2006–2010 Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Preventing Chronic Disease. 12:150266. doi: 10.5888/pcd12.150266		 Diabetes Prevention 2015
Preventing Diabetes in American Indian Communities Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Diabetes Care. 37:e37. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1996 (Commentary by Knowler and Ackerman)		 Diabetes Prevention 2014
Participant and Site Characteristics Related to Participant Retention in a Diabetes Prevention Translational Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Prevention Science. 16(1):41-52. doi: 10.1007/s11121-013-0451-1		 Diabetes Prevention 2014
Case Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in American Indian and Alaska Natives with Diabetes: Results from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart Demonstration Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health. 104(11): e158 – e164. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302108		 Healthy Heart 2014
Demographic characteristics and food choices of participants in the Special Diabetes Program for American Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Ethnicity & Health. 20(4): 327-340. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2014.921890		 Diabetes Prevention 2014
Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program into American Indian and Alaska Native communities: results from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF]
Diabetes Care. 36: 2027-2034. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1250 		Diabetes Prevention 2013
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between health literacy and glycemic control in American Indians and Alaska Natives Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Patient Education and Counseling. 88(1):61-68. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.008		 Healthy Heart 2012
Special Diabetes Program for Indians: reliability and validity of brief measures of print literacy and numeracy Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Ethnicity & Disease. 22(2):207-214		 Healthy Heart 2012
Latent class analysis of stages of change for multiple health behaviors: results from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Program Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Prevention Science. 13(5):449-461. doi:10.1007/s11121-011-0272-z		 Diabetes Prevention 2012
Special Diabetes Program for Indians: retention in cardiovascular risk reduction Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
Gerontologist. 51(S1):S21-S32. doi:10.1093/geront/gnq083		 Healthy Heart 2011