Supporting At-risk Youth and Their Families to Manage and Prevent Diabetes: Developing a National Partnership of Medical Residency Programs and Public Schools

Abstract

Aims: The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program (SYDCP) is a school based health program in which medical residents train healthy at-risk adolescents to become diabetes self-management coaches for family members with diabetes. The program aims to increase adolescents’ diabetes knowledge, psychosocial assets, and healthy behaviors, while evaluating the implementation of an enhanced curriculum at remote sites. Methods: From 2012 – 2015, 10 high schools and one summer camp in the US and Canada and five residency programs were selected …