Using Peer Mentors to Support PACT Team Efforts to Improve Diabetes Control
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a peer mentor model in a mixed race population of poorly controlled diabetic Veterans. Also, the study aims to assess the effects of becoming a mentor on those who originally were mentees. It is expected that participants in the peer mentoring arms (Arm 2 and 3) will have improved glucose control regardless of race or ethnicity at the end of the intervention.
• All participants must have a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetics.
• Diabetes began after age 30
• Mentees: Have an HbA1c \> 8% on 2 different occasions in the course of 24 months, with at least one measure within 3 months of enrollment
• Mentors for Phase 1: Had an HbA1c of \> 8% in the past 3 years and an HbA1c \< (or equal to) 7.5% within 3 months of enrollment
• Mentors for Phase 2: Former mentee