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INSPIRE D grant outlines Tri‑County diabetes‑prevention plan and community partnerships
Summary
Project director Dr. Khan briefed the committee on INSPIRE D, a grant-funded diabetes‑prevention program using community assessment, early detection and food‑access activities across the Tri‑County area; the team will launch surveys, screenings and targeted nutrition programs and will provide a $5 incentive for completed surveys.
Dr. Khan, the project director for the INSPIRE D grant, told the committee the program (Integrated Nutrition and Screening Program for Informed Risk Education for Diabetes Prevention) will run community assessment, early detection and food‑literacy activities across a Tri‑County service area.
INSPIRE D will use partner organizations across government, academic, hospital and nonprofit sectors and said the project team includes a program coordinator, outreach coordinator, data analyst, administrative assistant, community health worker and patient navigator. "INSPIRE D is a acronym, as you just mentioned, it's a integrated nutrition and screening program for informed risk education for diabetes prevention," Dr. Khan said.
The presentation laid out three grant objectives: (1) community assessment using surveys, focus groups and key‑informant interviews to identify barriers and attitudes toward nutrition and diabetes care; (2) early detection and self‑management through outreach events, low‑cost screenings and education sessions; and (3) enhancing food literacy and access by expanding food distributions, grocery‑store tours and targeted curricula.
Dr. Khan described partner organizations including state public‑health agencies and academic and hospital partners (MUSC and St. Francis were cited), community‑based organizations and local food partners such as Lowcountry Food Bank and Lowcountry Grocery Store. The team plans home visits and short workshops by community health workers, a patient navigator to increase clinic screening, mental‑health workshops and a CDC‑approved diabetes prevention curriculum delivered with local partners.
A timeline presented calls for an initial action plan within 11–12 months (by July) informed by the community health assessment; simultaneous activities will include health fairs, flu‑vaccine campaigns, three short community workshops, and a 3‑month and three 12‑week education curricula delivered by partners such as Lowcountry Grocery Store and MUSC. Dr. Khan said the project will run under the Healthy People 2030 framework and will target the leading health indicator of diabetes prevention.
The presentation cited recent state data used to justify the project: adult diabetes prevalence increasing from 12.1 percent to 13.6 percent and a rise in prediabetes from 6.7 percent to 10.9 percent. Dr. Khan said South Carolina ranks eighth nationally for diabetes and that diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the state.
Committee members asked about geographic targeting and survey distribution. Dr. Khan said the community assessment will focus key informant interviews on identified neighborhoods and sectors (health, religious and education) while the online survey will be open across the Tri‑County area and beyond. "I will send both the English and Spanish version of the survey. And there is a $5 reimbursement for each survey that is completed," Dr. Khan said, describing the "5 for 5" campaign (five minutes, $5 incentive).
The presentation closed with next steps to share the survey link and begin outreach; committee members were invited to distribute the survey and to participate in partner activities.
The committee did not take any formal action on the grant during this meeting.
