# Novel Interventions to Increase Uptake of Diabetes Self-Management Support Training within Primary Care

> **NIH NIH R34** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2024 · $298,560

## Abstract

Abstract
Living with diabetes can be challenging, however Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)
is well known to help persons with diabetes (PWDM) learn to cope with the uncertainties of life with diabetes.
Unfortunately, DSMES is underutilized in the current health care setting. This is a multifactorial problem with
the two largest issues being providers not referring patients and patients not attending the DSMES programs.
These programs and the health care workers who support them have the potential to modify the disease
course for many PWDM, including potentially modifying long term morbidity and mortality. We are proposing a
feasibility study to test the impact of best practice advisories (BPAs) delivered to the health care provider and
the diabetes care and education specialists via the electronic health record when a PWDM is identified as
qualifying for DSMES. We will determine if the BPAs influence the time to referral for DSMES as well as the
factors that predict whether a patient is referred to DSMES. We also propose to assess the impact of a peer
support on motivating PWDM to attend DSMES and make healthier lifestyle choices. We hypothesize that if
PWDM are able to connect with a peer who is also living with diabetes, they may be more likely to attend
DSMES. Finally, we will assess qualitatively how the health care providers felt about the use of the BPA
reminders, explore how the PWDM felt about the utility of the peer supporters, and the overall relevance of the
diabetes education they received. From these lessons learned we will work with our stakeholders to design a
large, pragmatic randomized trial designed to increase the uptake of DSMES, a vital piece of the diabetes
puzzle.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10817050
- **Project number:** 5R34DK132571-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** KATRINA E DONAHUE
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $298,560
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-04-06 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10817050

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10817050, Novel Interventions to Increase Uptake of Diabetes Self-Management Support Training within Primary Care (5R34DK132571-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10817050. Licensed CC0.

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