Community health workers helping new mothers in Pune get diabetes testing after pregnancy
Official title: A type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of Community Health Workers to improve screening for postpartum diabetes in urban slums of India
Funded at Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ · NIH-11386256 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project offers home-based diabetes testing by community health workers or clinic referrals to women who had gestational diabetes in urban slums of Pune, India.
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 start | September 18, 2023 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $63,205 |
| NIH project number | 3R01HD112141-03S2 |
| Project ID | NIH-11386256 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Women living in the participating urban slum communities around Pune, India who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy.
✕Less likely to help
Women without a history of gestational diabetes, those living outside the study communities, or those unreachable by community health workers are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this project.
What this research studies
If I live in a participating slum and am screened during pregnancy and found to have gestational diabetes, my community will be assigned to one of two approaches. In the home-based arm, trained community health workers will come to my home and offer the WHO-recommended oral glucose tolerance test after my baby is born. In the referral arm, I would be given information and a referral to go to a clinic for postpartum testing. The project compares these cluster-assigned approaches while tracking how well each one reaches women and is put into practice in urban slum communities.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the project could increase detection of postpartum type 2 diabetes and help women get earlier care to reduce long-term complications.
How similar studies have gone: Programs using community health workers and home-based testing have improved screening in other settings, but offering home oral glucose tolerance tests after gestational diabetes in Indian slums is a newer approach.
Where this research is happening
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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
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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.