Factors that Influence Type II Diabetes

AAP Influenza Immunization Focus Group - Families of CYSHCN

Rutgers University is partnering with Family Voices to learn what families know about the development of Type 2 diabetes in children in teens. This includes:

Community factors
Individual behaviors
Preferred language for discussing children's and teens' weight
The medical tests they would agree to for their children or teens

Please take 3 minutes to answer the following questions.

You will not be asked for any identifying information.

Your responses will be used to help design the project.

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* 1. Community factors make a big difference in which kids/teens gets type 2 diabetes.

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* 2. Having excess weight increases the risk of kids and teens getting type 2 diabetes.

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* 3. The word obese is not a nice word to use when talking about kids and teens.

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* 4. Doing exercise and being physically fit decreases the risk for a child or teen to get type 2 diabetes.

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* 5. In my neighborhood, there are safe places for kids to play actively outside.

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* 6. Good health care can prevent type 2 diabetes.

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* 7. Knowing what can lead to type 2 diabetes can help families to prevent their children and teens getting it.

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* 8. If I knew my child was at high risk for type 2 diabetes and there was something I could do to prevent it, I would do it.

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* 9. Stress is an important part of why children get type 2 diabetes.

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* 10. I am comfortable with a blood test being part of a study of type 2 diabetes in children and teens.

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* 11. I am comfortable with a saliva test being part of a study of type 2 diabetes in children and teens.

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* 12. I am comfortable with my child/teen using a special swab like a Q-tip to collect a little poo for a test of the bacteria in their body as part of a study of type 2 diabetes in children and teens.

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* 13. I am comfortable with having the study measure my child/teen’s height, weight, and blood pressure as part of a study of type 2 diabetes in children and teens.

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* 14. Type 2 diabetes is an important topic to study.

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* 15. The study should ask details about the neighborhood.

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* 16. The study should look at issues families might face about access to enough food.

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* 17. Researchers should communicate their findings back to the communities where the study participants live.

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* 18. What else would be important for the researchers to know as they study which children and teens are at highest risk of getting Type 2 diabetes?

THANK YOU!