Project RICE was a five-year, community-driven initiative to promote diabetes prevention among Korean and South Asian American immigrants at risk for diabetes in New York City using a community health worker (CHW) model approach. Project RICE consisted of two phases, a descriptive study completed in 2010 that informed the design of the pilot intervention and the intervention itself. The descriptive...

The Community Health Resources and Needs Assessment (CHRNA) project is a large-scale health needs assessment in diverse, low-income Asian American communities in New York City. The project uses a community-engaged and community venue-based approach to assess existing health issues, available resources, and best approaches to meet community health needs. Questions asked in the CHRNAs assess various...

The DREAM (Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities) Project is a community-based participatory research study designed to improve diabetes control and diabetes-related health complications among Bangladeshis living with Type 2 diabetes in New York City. A pilot intervention was conducted in 2010 (non-randomized), followed by a full intervention from 2011 to 2016. The pilot intervention...

Data from the Examining Norms and Behaviors Linked to Eating (ENABLE) project was collected via a mixed-methods approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 low-income Chinese-American three-generation families to collect information on attitudes and beliefs on the consumption of healthy food items (e.g. fruits, vegetables, brown rice, and low sodium products) and the behaviors of...

This dataset contains dietary information collected from 83 children aged 8-12 from two New York City public schools in partnership with Common Threads. Chinese-American students were identified by surname (n=22) for comparison with non-Chinese peers (n=61). Participating students completed two short surveys and dietary assessments between January and June 2017 at 6-month intervals. The dietary assessments...

The Community Health Resources and Needs Assessment (CHRNA) project is a large-scale health needs assessment in diverse, low-income Asian American communities in New York City. The project uses a community-engaged and community venue-based approach to assess existing health issues, available resources, and best approaches to meet community health needs. Questions asked in the CHRNAs assess various...

The NYC COVID-19 Community Health Resources and Needs Assessment (CHRNA) survey was a collaboration between the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health, the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, the Chinese-American Planning Council, and 28 community partners. The COVID-19 CHRNA survey was developed to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Asian American, Hispanic,...

To explore the feasibility of a culturally-tailored, mobile (mHealth) intervention for Chinese immigrant patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), investigators enrolled patients (n=23) and their local family members or friends (n=23) into a randomized controlled trial. Eligible participants met the following inclusion criteria: Self-identified as Chinese immigrant or Chinese American Between 18–70 years...

Food and Microbiome Longitudinal Investigation (FAMiLI) is an ongoing prospective cohort study that has enrolled a diverse cohort in the United States to study how the human microbiome and diet are related to various chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Eligible participants are at least 40 years old, not pregnant, and not using long-term antibiotics. As of January 2023,...