37). In addition, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that different body mass indexes (BMIs) should be used for Asian-Indians compared to their Caucasian counterparts in the United States, with a lower BMI cut-off of 23 (Mohan, 2014)
Assuming receipt of a 3-year, $300,000 grant to address this problem, the following sections outline a feasible community collaborative intervention to address the gaps in care and services for this priority problem among the Asian-Indian population of Plainsboro. Review and Analysis Identification of a problem from the community diagnosis list and rationale for selection Some demographic groups are more genetically susceptible to developing diabetes than others, and Asian-Indians appear to be at double the risk of the global population for diabetes (Pantalone & Hobbs, 2015)
With just $100,000 a year to cover all of the expenses of this initiative, it will be important to use cost-effective media campaign techniques. For this purpose, the initiative will provide information to the Asian-Indian residents of Plainsboro through a Web site, community newspaper, the Plainsboro Senior Spirit Newsletter (monthly), bulletin board flyers and other print and digital media including social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter concerning the need for glucose testing for diabetes for all Asian-Indian residents every 2 years based on recommendations from the American Diabetes Association (Perry, 2000)
Windshield Survey of Diabetes in the Asian-Indian Community in Plainsboro, New Jersey: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation As the home to the second-largest population of Asian-Indians in the United States today (the first is another nearby small community, Edison, New Jersey) (Sahney, 2010)
The Asian-Indians living in Plainsboro are among more than 1.5 million individuals of Asian-Indian ancestry currently living in the United States, the majority of whom came to America within the last 50 years or so during the third wave of extensive immigration during the 1960s (Sheehan, 2001)
These behavioral changes in communication can be in the form of products, services, messages, as well as referrals, as a way of promoting and improving the use of condoms and condom-compatible lubricants, HIV tests, reporting cases of violence, and using complementary services. This inventive online 'cyber educator' MSM intervention, virtually provides a one-on-one HIV and BCC counseling, and test referrals (Adams, Klindera, Walsh, & Wold, 2014)
The Philosophy Statement The "MSM Initiative for colleges" believes that each student MSM is a unique individual, like every other person, and needs a caring, safe and non-discriminating environment, where they can express their selves emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially, without the fear of others' views about them. It is the program's aim to educate and help student MSMs meet their full potential in these areas, by providing support in the form of HIV testing, counseling, guidance and a group for sharing ideas (Cohen & Gelbrich, 2015)