Community health workers bringing postpartum diabetes testing to mothers in Pune slums
A type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of Community Health Workers to improve screening for postpartum diabetes in urban slums of India
This project offers either home-based glucose testing by community health workers or clinic referral to help women who had gestational diabetes in urban slums of Pune, India get checked for type 2 diabetes after childbirth.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11166400 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be screened for gestational diabetes while pregnant in participating slum communities, and if diagnosed your community will be randomized to one of two approaches. In the home-based arm, a community health worker will offer the WHO-recommended oral glucose tolerance test in your home after delivery. In the referral arm, you would be directed to go to a clinic for postpartum testing. The study will track who completes testing and how well the home-testing approach can be delivered across communities.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are women diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy who live in the participating urban slum communities and are in the postpartum period.
Not a fit: Women without a diagnosis of gestational diabetes, those who live outside the study communities, or those well beyond the postpartum testing window are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the approach could increase postpartum diabetes testing and catch type 2 diabetes earlier so treatment and prevention can start sooner.
How similar studies have performed: Previous programs using community health workers and home-based testing have increased screening in some settings, but effectiveness for postpartum diabetes screening in urban Indian slums remains incompletely established.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Sundararajan, Radhika Lu — Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
- Study coordinator: Sundararajan, Radhika Lu
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.