Community-led diabetes and blood pressure prevention for Asian American neighborhoods
Community-Led Health Impact Project (CLIP)
A neighborhood program that combines culturally familiar food support and digital tools to help Asian American adults prevent or better manage type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Asian Community Health Coalition NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Philadelphia, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11491314 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be invited to join a local program that pairs culturally familiar "food as medicine" meals and nutrition education with digital self-monitoring tools for blood sugar and blood pressure. Community health workers and a Community Advisory Board help deliver the program, provide counseling, referrals, and care navigation in multiple languages. The team will run a pilot through trusted community organizations and collect feedback about how easy the program is to use, how acceptable it feels, and early changes in glucose, blood pressure, and health habits. If you join, you may receive nutrition prescriptions, digital tracking tools, and connections to healthcare and social services.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Asian American adults in the local community who have type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or high blood pressure, or who are at high risk for these conditions, would be the ideal participants.
Not a fit: People with type 1 diabetes, those needing urgent specialty or inpatient care, or individuals living far outside the program area may not benefit directly from this community pilot.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help people catch diabetes and high blood pressure earlier and improve blood sugar and blood pressure control using culturally relevant food support and digital tools.
How similar studies have performed: Previous community health worker and food-as-medicine programs have shown promise for diabetes and hypertension, but combining culturally tailored foods with multilingual digital tools in Asian American communities is less commonly tested.
Where this research is happening
Philadelphia, United States
- Asian Community Health Coalition — Philadelphia, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wu, Dunli — Asian Community Health Coalition
- Study coordinator: Wu, Dunli
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.