About The Study: In this study conducted within an existing community-based COVID-19 testing program, integrating rapid testing for diabetes was feasible, reached low-income Latinx individuals and identified many people with prediabetes and diabetes, most of whom lacked access to services in formal health care settings.

Authors: Carina Marquez, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14163)

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