Personalized social and care support for young adults with type 1 diabetes
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Through Comprehensive Assessment, Responsiveness, and Engagement (T1CARE)
This project will try a personalized program that combines detailed social needs checks with community health workers and patient navigators to help young adults with type 1 diabetes manage their care, especially Black and Hispanic patients.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Yale University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New Haven, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11264857 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If I join, I'll get a thorough check of my social needs (housing, food, transportation) and my diabetes care needs. I'll be paired with a community health worker and a patient navigator who help connect me to services and support my follow-up. Some participants will receive this personalized help while others get usual care so the team can compare outcomes. The project works with Project Access-New Haven and focuses on young adults with type 1 diabetes who often face the greatest gaps in care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Young adults with type 1 diabetes (around age 21 and older) who experience social barriers such as unstable housing, food insecurity, transportation problems, or difficulty accessing care.
Not a fit: People without social risk factors, those already receiving intensive case management, those with type 2 diabetes, or those outside the trial age range are unlikely to benefit from this specific program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make it easier for young adults with T1D to get needed social supports and improve blood sugar control and long-term health.
How similar studies have performed: Prior broad screening-and-referral efforts (for example the Accountable Health Communities Model) did not show clear benefit, so this more personalized community health worker–navigator approach is relatively novel and unproven.
Where this research is happening
New Haven, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lipska, Kasia Joanna — Yale University
- Study coordinator: Lipska, Kasia Joanna
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.