About

Women in Control 2.0:

Our study builds upon our prior work by engaging patients, peers and clinicians in a novel virtual world diabetes self-management (DSM) medical group visit. Using technology, we aim to offer a tailored, individualized simulation-based learning experience that links DSM education with patients’ clinical care, daily lifestyle, peer support, home and virtual world community.  If successful, this program would increase access to culturally-sensitive diabetes care and improve patient engagement in online DSM learning, leading to higher uptake of DSM behaviors and better diabetes control. Importantly, the program can be easily expanded to other chronic disease areas and scaled for widespread use.

Women in Control 2.0 Aim:

Our aims are to conduct a randomized, controlled trial of the comparative effectiveness of a virtual world DSM group medical visit format vs. a face-to-face DSM group visit format to increase physical activity and improve glucose control among Black/ African American and Hispanic women with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM).