Tuesday August 26, 2025 noon – 1:00 pm Virtual Presentation
Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic medical condition affecting children and adolescents. Despite remarkable medical advancements in recent decades, most adolescents with type 1 diabetes experience adverse health outcomes. Advanced technologies are now integral to diabetes self-management, yet many adolescents use these technologies sub-optimally. Peer mentoring interventions have the potential to support patients and their families in managing diabetes. These interventions, however, have not been applied to using diabetes technologies.
In this presentation, we review formative research elucidating barriers to consistently using diabetes technologies and developing strategies to overcome these barriers. We then present preliminary outcomes from a pilot randomized controlled trial of Type 1 Together, a technology enhanced peer mentoring intervention to bolster use of diabetes technology. In addition, we will discuss strategies to engage family partners throughout all research projects.
Paul Enlow, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist,
Research Scientist
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Paul.Enlow@Nemours.org
Meet the Speaker
Paul Enlow, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist in the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Clinical Psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Health at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. Dr. Enlow’s employs community-based participatory methods to develop and test interventions to reduce disparities in the healthcare delivery and outcomes of youth with type 1 diabetes and other chronic medical conditions. Dr. Enlow’s research has been funded by NIH, NIGMS, the International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, AHRQ, and PCORI. In addition to conducting research, Dr. Enlow provides psychological services to youth with various chronic medical conditions.
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